I think that we doo that today, but the Leuckart is easy to handel and cheap, so I guess it was a hardt 'congurent' to ged rid off. It my appinion, that today the eastern europe don't make that much amph. to the european market. More and more is made inside the contry (thank's to the net)
But back to the subject. Wee could need a little discution of the elektro redution, not for the pure amph, but for all the other amphetamines (DOB, DOM, ECT.) As you know, I still hate LAH, and catalytic hydrogenation was not the way to doo it.