Swim was given a recipe that seems to make mdp2p directly from d-phenlyalanine but doesnt react properly in hg/al.
Also does water kill the hg/al/nitropropane/mdp2p reaction? There was obviously water in the keytone.
The recipe was from a life long crank cook who never made anything else.
A hand held stick blender is a must, spatula or stir bar will not cut it. Also great for mixxing polar and non polar solvents. $10 for a cheap one at Target.
Solution A
D or DL phenylalanie 100 grams
Sodium Bicarbonate 4.9 grams
Mixxed into 350 ML distilled water
Solution B
Potassium ferriccyanide 69 grams
Baking Soda 6.9 grams
Mixxed slowly into 450 ML distilled water
Slowly over 10 minutes add solution A to solution B stirring well.
Add a liter or more of polar solvent. Ozark Trails is a Walmart brand of Coleman Fuel but without oil and rust inhibitors. A gallon evaporates to a few drops not a tablespoon of crapola from Colemans Crap.
Blend thoroughly and let settle.
Decant off the polar solvent getting rid of the yellow fluffy crapola which is capsule filler and maybe the L-phenylalanine.
Run the remainder thru a coffee filter.
Supposed put in refridgerator and collect crystals, which are recrystalized with anhydrous isopropyl, but doesnt crystalize at all in the refridgerator. Will freeze solid in the freezer.
What has been tried is thawing and refiltering after freezing. Swim believes the red crystals filtered out are unreacted potassium ferrocyanide.
It has the right color yellow/green, has an oily consistancy and a keytone smell though not overpowering. Tried reducing the volume of it in a water bath (should try distilling under vacuum) to cook off some of the water. It turns the color of dark urine, but then returns to the same yellow/green afterwords.
Wondering if this should be attempted with either anhydrous methonal or possibly anyhydrous isopropyl instead of using water. There was a question mark on methonal for Sol B or Sol A and B. Someone had suggested isopropyl because it is less likely to react than methonal. Either would be easy to evaporate off.
If this can be fixxed this could be a very easy otc mdp2p.
Help would be appreciated.
-carcrash