[Sarin?] Re: When they came for the Jews...

[Rich Graves <llurch@networking.stanford.edu>]

On Thu, 11 Jan 1996, Lucky Green wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Jan 1996, Duncan Frissell wrote:
> 
> > He cited the posting of instructions for making explosive devices, including
> > recipes for Sarin nerve gas and bombs similar to the one that destroyed the
> > Federal Building in Oklahoma City last April 19.
> 
> Sarin nerve gas? Can anyone find that URL?
> 
> TIA,

You're kidding, right? With all the uncensored spiders out there, anybody
can find anything in a second. Search for "sarin not japan not aum" to cut
down on the noise. Here's two of the top ten from AltaVista.

1. For US Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA)
   recommendations regarding Sarin (um... avoid?), see:

   http://www.skcinc.com/niosh/file_1424.html

2. Sorry, no detailed recipe, and it says "don't try this at home," but there
   is a bibliography, and the Stanford Libraries have four of the journals
   listed. 

    From http://www.xmission.com/~seer/mcw/sarin.html

Sarin is now known as "GB." It has several chemical names:
1-Methylethyl methylphosphonate, Isopropylhydrogen
methylphosphonate or Isopropyl methylphosphonate. Note the
word "isopropyl." One of the key ingredients of the Sarin made by AUM
Shinrikyo is isopropyl alcohol. Altogether there are four ingredients in
Sarin: phosphorus trichloride, sodium fluoride, isopropyl alcohol
and acetonitrile. Its chemical structure is as follows:
(H3C)2CHOPF(O)Me. Sarin is not the type of weapon that can be made in
the home, it can only be manufactured in a laboratory, though very
sophisticated equipment is not needed. It is extremely dangerous to
manufacture and handle.

It's a German invention. Here's a (mostly) German Bibliography.
GMELINS HDB, 1965, P482; PHOSPHOR VERBINDUNGE, 1963, V1, P433;
PHOSPHOR ERBINDUNGE, 1964, V2, P27; 810930, 1959, CHILDS AF;
ARBUSOV A, 1902, P1639; CHEM ZENTR BOOTH HS, 1939, V61, P2927; J AM
CHEM SOC; BRAUER G, 1975, P209; HDB PRAPARATIVEN ANO; BRYANT PJR,
1960, P1553, J CHEM SOC; DEBORST C, 1972, V27, P305, TNO NIEUWS;
FORDMOORE AH, 1951, V31, P33, ORGANIC SYNTHESES; FRANKE S, 1976,
V1, LEHRBUCH MILITARCHEM; FRANKE S, 1976, V2, LEHRBUCH
MILITARCHEM; KUHN SJ, 1962, V40, P1951, CAN J CHEM; LORQUET JC,
1959, V68, P336, B SOC CHIM BELG; SAMMET R, 1983, THESIS ETH ZURICH;
SASS S, 1979, V14, P257, ORG MASS SPECTROM; SCHRADER G, 1963,
ENTWICKLUNG NEUER IN; TAMMELIN LE, 1957, V11, P1340, ACTA CHEM
SCAND; WASER PG, 1983, CHOLINERGE PHARMAKON; WASER PG, 1975,
CHOLINERGIC MECHANIS; WASER PG, 1986, P157, DISCOVERIES PHARM;
WASER PG, 1986, P743, DYNAMICS CHOLINERGIC.