converting AMT(a-MethylTryptamine) to AET(a-EthylTryptamine

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synesthesia
(Stranger)
05-11-00 21:50
No 2949
AMT -> AET? Bookmark

I'm almost 100% sure that you can't but.. Is there any possibility of converting AMT(a-MethylTryptamine) to AET(a-EthylTryptamine?

synesthesia
(Stranger)
05-12-00 00:46
No 3017
Re: AMT -> AET? Bookmark

Thought so Smile

Brain farts just happen Wink

Do you know of any substitue for LAH?
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psyloxy
(Hive Bee)
05-12-00 08:02
No 3145
Re: AMT -> AET? Bookmark

I don't know of a direct substitute for LAH. But there is almost always an alternatice synthetic way. Think of the nitrostyrene reduction: Shulgin uses LAH all the time. but you can also do it with [NaBH4 + NiCl2] or electrolytically or first reduce the double bond with NaBH4, then the nitro group. Or you could go the phenylethanol --> phenylethyl-iodid --> PEA way... this is what I love about organic chemistry.
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