[echoboy5000]

I'm not exactly sure the best way to approach this, but I am a screenwriter working on a project about fear and special effects in a mystery story. It is a small blue-collar town, perhaps in a mining setting or other industrial backdrop.

One of the characters, a very intelligent high school student, has stumbled upon a chemical, or synthesizes a chemical that induces hallucinations in those who come in contact with it.

I have stumbled upon a chemical known as BZ. Here is a link to a wikipedia article on it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-Quinuclidinyl_benzilate

This seems a little sketchy, and you could send it to me in a private message, but I would like to know a little bit more about what makes up this chemical. I obviously don't want to get in trouble, or get anyone in trouble, and I only need a vague idea, but if you could give me little details about it, both me and my story would appreciate it. 

[Borek]

I would like to know a little bit more about what makes up this chemical

Please ask specific questions, the one you asked doesn't make much sense (or rather is trivial to answer in a completely correct, and completely useless way - BZ is made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen).


Do you need a real compound? Does it matter for your story what it really is? Can't it be just an unknown byproduct or side product of some otherwise trivial reaction, that works when present in trace amounts? For example: your HS student tries to synthesize citronellol or linalool (or some other nice smelling compound). Unfortunately, he can't buy the pure reagent (hard to buy when you are HS student) required, so decides to uses some kind of plant extract. Trick is, plant extract is rich in the required reagent, but also contains other substances - so the reaction mixture after the process contains something that fits your story.