amphetamine synth possible meth

[Kefka]

http://www.angelfire.com/apes2/kefka/amphetamine.html

is this possible?
give me all of your thoughts on it.

[Rhodium]

No, that procedure is plain silly. A reductive alkylation of PEA/HCHO would give N-methyl-PEA (Ph-CH2-CH2-NH-CH3) not alpha-methyl-PEA  (amphetamine).

[Kefka]

what is the difference between N-methyl-PEA (Ph-CH2-CH2-NH-CH3) and alpha-methyl-PEA  ?

[Rhodium]

That the added methyl group becomes placed ON the nitrogen, rather than on the carbon atom next to the nitrogen (to create an unbroken three-carbon chain).