And get beilstein or something.
1. This step should have a reference. Yields vary. Seems doable, but. Hm. You'd need a strong base, like NaOEt, unless the PTC Claisen condensation pans out.
Why not use acetonitrile instead? It already has the amine present.
2. Wolff-kishner or Clemmenson reduction. Got hydrazine?
3. Try using urea instead. UTFSE for Eleusis's methylamine FAQ, where they perform such an operation to make acetamide.
4. Hoffmann rearrangement. Doable. Yields ning has seen are in the ~50% region, depending very much on how activated the ring is to halogenation, one of the competing reactions.
Dude, format your posts better if you want people to read them!
The major advantage of your proposed scheme is that (if it works) it offers a route to substituted cathinones or their phenethylamine equivalents. (i.e. don't remove the ketone part)
Barring that, I imagine most bees who could rustle up the hydrazine and sodium ethoxide required for your idea could find some nitromethane and aluminum foil instead. Ah, well.