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bisulfite addition and recovering à la eleusis without distillation of the ketone!!
al/hg nitro
mdma
this really works

Is there any downside when i do not distill the ketone??

bisulfite  often yeilds gooey crystals that are not really pure, these impurities carry over into subsequent rxns reducing yeild, causing side reactions and complicating further purification. but it can work to some extent

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