User talk:DMacks

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Erich Clar page

I want to include a synthetic reaction that is known as Clar's reaction. It is of a certain class of cyclic ketones that condense with themselves when heated to 400 C in a mixture of zinc dust and zinc chloride.

I will add references and a description of what it is used for in synthesizing new polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

Copper(I) nitrate

Thank you for deleting the file:Copper(I)-nitrate-3D-model.png. My name is Hoa112008. I know that the old file is incorrect and now the new file is more accurate. My account, the password is too easy, so someone other than me stole it to violate the policy, so it is natural to be locked. I understand, but that account doesn't work. Can you give me an Email address so I can send you the correct file so you can upload it again?
Can you teach me how to secure my account and get the admin to block the file renaming and category renaming functions to keep them from doing bad things?

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Hoa112008, user IP adress.

How we will see unregistered users

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18:13, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

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01:22, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

DMACKS user is editing false information on a page.

Differently than you, my IP address is public, and does not affect the fact you are contributing to vandalise a page with false information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Otto-Christian von Bismarck (talk • contribs) 04:51, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

It's cited. WP:V is met. DMacks (talk) 04:54, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Your block of Rahul2sawant

Hi DMACKS. Re the block you're reviewing here, I thought I should alert you to the SPI I've opened. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 12:27, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Question about Encyclopedia editing

Hi DMacks!

I'm a producer on a podcast and we are doing an episode about Encyclopedia Britannica and Wikipedia. I'm reaching out because I noticed you post a lot on the wiki page for errors in EB that have been corrected on Wikipedia. I have some more specific questions for you, could you reach out to me directly

Thanks in advance.

RooneyTunes22 (talk) 16:54, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

No thanks. DMacks (talk) 17:20, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

Psilocybin

I understand why this was removed from Zwitterion‎, but the lability of the proton does not invalidate the example. It means that the two isomers will be in equilibrium in solution. I don't know why the zwitterion is shown in the article Psilocybin. Is this the form found in the solid state crystal structure or was it just assumed on the basis that the Me₂N(R) group is more basic than the phosphate group? It was included on the basis of the structure shown in the article. Petergans (talk) 12:24, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Pyranol

The pyranol article where you commented on the PROD is now subject of a full deletion discussion. Mike Turnbull (talk) 16:47, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

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19:53, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Merger of Alkane stereochemistry into Conformational isomerism

Hi, there has been a recent objection to the merger of Alkane stereochemistry into Conformational isomerism so I was wondering if you would be willing to rejoin the discussion again since the consensus was made years ago but I want to ensure that this current objection is heard by the original participants of the discussion before I merge and remove this from the backlog. Thanks! -Karthanitesh (talk) 00:56, 19 January 2022 (UTC)