Swim was wondering ig 5-MeO-DiPT could by synthesized in the following manner:
1) Melatonin was refluxed in IPA with excess NaOH for 3-6 Hours, ala Rhodium's synthesis of mexamine, only the reductone was excluded, as swim does not understand why its presence is necessary and no-one will answer swim's questions as to why
. It's a reducing agent, correct? But the amine-group shouldn't reduce to a nitro that easily, or? Should I be worried about a polymerization reaction?
2) In a larger reaction tub red phosphorus was dissolved into a solution of IPA and iodine (derived from exposing the ionic form to H2O2). This reaction was allowed to commence (It was inspired by Vogel's method, however, the glassware has been simplified and the Isopropyl iodide is simply allowed to be generated in-situ). The then neutralized mexamine generated in step 1 was then added to solution and kept undert reflux for eight hours.
3) The 5-MeO-DiPT was extracted using a standard acid/base extraction. Depending on how red it looks, it could be recrystallized....
Does this sound like a good synthesis?