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Title: Amt from tryptamine
Post by: Vibrating_Lights on October 03, 2002, 07:07:00 AM

HOw could tryptamine be methylated in the alpha position?
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Title: You don´t because it won´t.
Post by: Barium on October 03, 2002, 09:26:00 AM

You don´t because it won´t. If it were so, don´t you think regular amphetamine would be made from phenylethylamine, or meth from N-methylphenylethylamine.

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Title: I think it would be possible to methylate it but ...
Post by: raffike on October 05, 2002, 05:52:00 PM

I think it would be possible to methylate it but not with one step.

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Title: I won´t argue with you if you want to come up ...
Post by: Barium on October 05, 2002, 05:57:00 PM

I won´t argue with you if you want to come up with a cheap and high-yielding procedure to alpha-methylate phenylethylamine :)

Catalytic hydrogenation freak

Title: Three years ago or so we discussed exactly that ...
Post by: Lilienthal on October 05, 2002, 06:33:00 PM

Three years ago or so we discussed exactly that at the Hive (or alpha-methylating phenylalanine). A lot of papers from that discussion are on my homepage

http://www.fortunecity.com/westwood/storey/116/ (http://www.fortunecity.com/westwood/storey/116/)

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The Hive => Tryptamine Chemistry => Topic started by: Vibrating_Lights on October 03, 2002, 07:07:00 AM