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	Subject	PART 1 OF 6: LARGE-SCALE, OLD-SKOOL METH	Reply
	Posted by	Dick_Fitzbetter (Hive Bee)
	Posted on	11-27-00 09:23
	I found some old files on my computer yesterday. Can't remember where they came from or how I got them, but I DID NOT write them. Therefore, I can't answer any questions about them, or even vouch for their accuracy, because I've never done any of the things described. You shouldn't either. If anyone knows who originally wrote this stuff, speak up so they can get the credit they deserve. Seriously, I'm just passing the information along... Some of the images are pretty bad, buy hey, you get what you pay for. --Dick Introduction The purpose of this document is to describe the manufacture and application of platinum dioxide, commonly known as Adams catalyst, with the goal of opening alternative synthesis procedures for the manufacture of illicit recreational drugs. It is my hope that these procedures will result in the undermining of the Drug Inquisition, which has caused the loss of freedom for many good people. A further goal is to demonstrate to those in law enforcement that knowledge is, in fact, the ultimate power, and that no number of self-righteous goons with guns can defeat a resourceful and knowledgeable mind. There is no new chemistry here. In fact, most of it is almost 100 years old. The contribution I hope to make is in simplifying the equipment and procedures to the point where those without extensive chemistry backgrounds will be able to manufacture high-quality product in high volume to compete with the poisonous stuff found on the street. This text is aimed at those who have completed a college-level organic chemistry course and have some experience and an interest in laboratory equipment and procedures. The following procedures are described: PART 2: Dissolution of platinum metal in aquaregia to produce chloroplatinic acid, then ammonium chloroplatinate, and finally, oxidation of ammonium chloroplatinate to platinum dioxide PART 3: Manufacture of 1-phenyl-2-propanone using benzaldehyde and nitroethane PART 4: Manufacture of methylamine using formaldehyde and ammonium chloride PART 5: Reductive amination of P2P using the platinum dioxide catalyst PART 6: General lab equipment and procedures, and keeping out of trouble I'd like to thank Uncle Fester, whose widely read books on methamphetamine manufacture have provided an invaluable source of research information collected in one volume. In addition, this writer thanks Dr. Alexander Shulgin, whose practice of the purest sort of science -- that motivated by curiosity and a deep thirst for knowledge in the face of government oppression -- has earned him my deepest admiration and respect. This document is dedicated to Senators Orrin Hatch and Diane Feinstein, whose tireless efforts to eliminate the vestigial remains of our civil liberties in the cause of state expediency has pissed me off enough to take the time and effort to write this. Review of Alternative Procedures We will focus upon the manufacture of methamphetamine due to the current high volume requirement and increasing attention it is drawing from the government anti-drug machine. Hydrogenation The best route for manufacturing methamphetamine is the direct reduction of the hydroxyl on the L-ephedrine sulfate sidechain in glacial acetic acid using 70% perchloric acid as a promoter and 5% palladium-on-carbon as the catalyst. Vigorous agitation, pressurization with hydrogen to 30psi, and heating to 90 C results in an 85-90% yield of non-racemic methamphetamine, with a 70% yield-to-product. Due to its non-racemic chirality, this meth is stronger than that produced by any other non-stereospecific reduction technique. Typically, this reaction is performed in a 4-liter filter flask placed into a 6-gallon aluminum pot containing water. The pot is heated on a stirring hotplate and agitation is provided by a stirring bar magnetically coupled through the non-ferrous aluminum. A solution of 1.25 liters of glacial acetic acid, 120ml of 68-72% perchloric acid, 166g (one mole) of L-ephedrine sulfate, and 16g of 5% palladium-on-carbon is pressurized to 20-30psi with hydrogen gas and reduced for 2-3 hours. The catalyst is filtered out, the filtrate made basic with 50% lye solution, and then extracted with toluene and stripped of solvent. The base is purified by distillation and crystallized in acetone for the hydrochloride salt. Despite what has been written by others, this reaction does not work with ephedrine hydrochloride because the hydrochloride ion poisons the catalyst, whereas the sulfate ion may actually act as a promoter (I have not tried it, but in theory, sulfuric acid may be substituted for perchloric acid as the promoter). This reaction will, however, perform well using any ephedrine base. Due to the requirement for simultaneous heating, stirring, and pressurization, this reaction is limited to 1-3 mole batches. In addition, the palladium-on-carbon catalyst is not reusable without processing. Direct Reduction with Hydriodic Acid The most common current method of meth production is the direct reduction of the ephedrine hydrochloride hydroxyl using 57% hydriodic acid and red phosphorous in a 4-1-1 formula (4lbs ephedrine, 1gal 57% hydriodic acid, 1lb red phosphorous). This is an inefficient method, yielding 55% racemic meth at the very best, which has been exploited as far as it can go due to the attention paid to the precursor and essential chemicals used in this reaction, and the increasing diversion of Chinese ephedrine supplies to our industrious neighbors in Mexico. In its favor, however, is the fact that one person can manufacture 4lb of very poisonous meth per day if they skip the purification steps. This is a perfect example of Gresham's Law at work (the cheap bad stuff drives out the expensive good stuff). P2P Reaction For many years this was the preferred method for making methamphetamine. It requires 1-phenyl-2-propanone (impossible to buy, easy to make), 40% methylamine solution (impossible to buy, easy to make), large amounts of Raney nickel (hard to buy, difficult to make), and approximately 2000psi of hydrogen, along with simultaneous agitation and heating. There are many limitations to this process, not the least of which is equipment construction. Birch Reduction The lithium-in-ammonia reduction is an elegant, high-yield reduction, but gawd-awful stinky, and must be done a long way from civilization. The volume of anhydrous ammonia required per mole of ephedrine relegates this procedure to the low-volume category. ô¿ô



	Subject	Re: PART 1 OF 6: LARGE-SCALE, OLD-SKOOL METH	Reply
	Posted by	terbium (Hive Bee)
	Posted on	11-27-00 09:35
	In reply to: P2P Reaction For many years this was the preferred method for making methamphetamine. It requires 1-phenyl-2-propanone (impossible to buy, easy to make), 40% methylamine solution (impossible to buy, easy to make), large amounts of Raney nickel (hard to buy, difficult to make), and approximately 2000psi of hydrogen, along with simultaneous agitation and heating. There are many limitations to this process, not the least of which is equipment construction. The P2Pmethylimine reduction does not require Raney nickle and high pressure hydrogen. Reduction can be performed with Adam's catalyst and atmospheric pressure hydrogen, sodium borohydride, or the newer clandestine technique using aluminum/mercury amalgam.