Sandy(WA)

C9H13N

This is the plate on my A4.
Can you figure out what it says?

Hint: It's intentionally obscure. Since I'm the sort of driver who is likely to be pulled over for speeding, I don't want the officer to know what it means.

Let's see what kind of brainpower exists on this board.



--Sandy

Silver Stealth

2,4,5-TRIMETHYLANILINE

motorwaffen

lol...got meth?

Sandy(WA)

Um... NO -- Although I did use "Red Food Coloring" as the official meaning on my application.

Sandy(WA)

Not Meth, but you're close.

1QuikA4

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1QuikA4

Boy I knew that Organic Chem class would come in handy some day

1QuikA4

The other name is (±)-alpha-Methylbenzeneethanamine

Silver Stealth

you can see why I first thought something else:


-IDENTIFIERS
===========

*CATALOG ID NUMBER: 000570

*CAS NUMBER: 137-17-7

*BASE CHEMICAL NAME: TRIMETHYLANILINE,2,4,5-

*PRIMARY NAME: 2,4,5-TRIMETHYLANILINE

*CHEMICAL FORMULA: C9H13N

*STRUCTURAL FORMULA: (CH3)3C6H2NH2

*WLN: ZR B1 D1 E1

*SYNONYMS:
1-AMINO-2,4,5-TRIMETHYLBENZENE
PSEUDOCUMIDINE
1,2,4-TRIMETHYL-5-AMINOBENZENE
2,4,5-TRIMETHYLBENZENAMINE
PSI-CUMIDINE
NCI-C02299

Sandy(WA)

That's the molecule that I was thinking of, but there is a shorter name for it. Say... five letters long...

--Sandy