In the course of my quest for novel recreational drugs I came across some patents which might be of interest for those involved in the exploration of more traditional compounds:
Patent US2802865 (http://l2.espacenet.com/dips/viewer?PN=US2802865&CY=gb&LG=en&DB=EPD)
Teaches the preparation of methcathinone (alpha-methylaminopropiophenone) by oxidizing ephedrine with sodium dichromate in H2SO4/water.
Patent US3282959 (http://l2.espacenet.com/dips/viewer?PN=US3282959&CY=gb&LG=en&DB=EPD)
7-Chloro-alpha-Methyltryptamine Derivatives
Might be interesting for the friends of tryptamines.
Patent EP648744 (http://l2.espacenet.com/dips/viewer?PN=EP648744&CY=gb&LG=en&DB=EPD)
Teaches an interesting way to split off an alpha-OH from a phenylalkylalkohol, using a borane dimethylsulfide complex. (Example 6, page 17)
Look, you said redundant, but you have to have certain shit to view it and it is a big hassle. My website is
http://homebees.hopto.org (http://homebees.hopto.org)
I took the time to convert it to adobe so it could be easily view.
Have to have what? All the patents linked above are in PDF format already. And if you use GetIDPL to download patents they are automatically stitched together to form a multi-page file.