I found this on Rhodium's site at https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/chemistry/photoamination.html (https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/chemistry/photoamination.html)
Proposed experimental method.
Proposed procedure of photomethylamination of isosafrole. Into a Pyrex vessel was introduced an MeCN-H2O (9:1, 70 mL) solution containing isosafrole (C10H10O2; 0.567 grams, 3.5 mmol) and DCB (3.5 mmol). The solution was then saturated with methylamine gas. The solution was irradiated by a 300-W high pressure mercury vapor lamp under cooling with water. Upon completion, the solvent was stripped in vacuo, and the residue was washed an aqueous 10% NaOH solution, and extracted with DCM. The DCM was stripped in vacuo, and the oil distilled in vacuo, yielding the free base of MDMA. The base was disolved in dry Et2O, and dry HCl gas was bubbled in. The precipitated crystals then dried, weighed, and tested for biological activity.
Has anybody tried anything like this before? The theory behind it seems solid, but will the yields be worthwhile? What would one have to look out for to make sure the synth doesn't get fucked up? Where and for how much could one get a mercury lamp?
Or is this simply one of those methods out there that is really interesting but would cost a lot of cash in trial-and-error to get down?
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