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The Hive => Tryptamine Chemistry => Topic started by: Anxiety on November 19, 2002, 07:14:00 PM

Title: DMT from tryptamine and ethyl formate
Post by: Anxiety on November 19, 2002, 07:14:00 PM

Can this synthesis from Tihkal be scaled up without problems?

Title: Myself, I think it looks a little messy, with two ...
Post by: Rhodium on November 19, 2002, 11:54:00 PM

Myself, I think it looks a little messy, with two LAH reductions and all. I think I saw a post by someone here in this forum that the reduction of the intermediate N-formyl-tryptamine was problematic somehow, but I'm not sure.