If one was interested in playing around with Al/Hg and Nitromethane(and thicker Al with a reflux and overhead stirring), why wouldn’t one want to reduce the nitro first?
A smart Bee would add the Nitromethane first. ;)
Oh, while nobee is reading this anyway, has the washes of sassafras prior to distilling fallen out of favor for any specific reason?
Because duistilling Sassafras is now redundant.
See:Post 459845 (https://www.thevespiary.org/talk/index.php?topic=10788.msg45984500#msg45984500)
(abolt: "The last ever post on freezing out Safrole", Newbee Forum)