During my intensive patent research studies, I've stumbled onto something way outta my league but may have some relevance.
Can any bee shed some light on what exactly this patent is on about?
All I know is the patent mentions pseudoephedrine and it was found during a deep search while in the process of disecting 6 other pseudoephedrine patents at the same time
Yes...I am a masochist 
A brief excerpt yanked from it speaks of the pseudoephedrine group removal and that alone gives me the creeps!
{0085} The removal of the pseudoephedrine group and the reductive removal of the hydroxyl group are carried out at the same time. Hey Dwarfer...it mentions raney nickel too
Process for the preparation of aryloctanoyl amidesPublication date: 2003-09-18
Inventor(s): BELLUS DANIEL (CH); DONDONI ALESSANDRO (IT)
Patent US2003176717
