i have successfully used benzaldehyde and l alanine to make ppa. could someone please give me a detailed procedure whereby i could produce p2p. someone mentioned ppa plus aluminium chloride and hcl to make p2p. could this be outlined in lay terms for a novice? also can i produce aluminium chloride? thankyou for your due consideration.
Heres the AlCl
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https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/chemistry/aluminumchloride.html (https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/chemistry/aluminumchloride.html)
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PPA -> P2P (https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/chemistry/phenylacetone.html#ephedrine)
(https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/chemistry/phenylacetone.html#ephedrine)
...but why not bee classy and make 4-methylaminorex instead? With that PPA, you are so, so close....
firslty thankyou for your replies. in answer to ning, the 4-mar presented swim with troubles last time. mainly with trying to extract the precipitate after mixing ppa with product of sodium carbonate and urea , (which smelled alot to make.)
i have noticed the thread has progressed and will read it but i would appreciate any knowledge you could impart.
If you have the benzaldehyde...try this:
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(Aurelius: "P2P synth", Methods Discourse). It works! With practice the yields go UP....