hello, i hope this finds you well, i recomend instead of starting from the very beggining, why not out source half the steps to China!!! id say look for a chemical called 2-phenylcyclohexanone, if you can then id reccomend buying as youll be 2 steps away from nedck. You can allwasy make this via...
Actually, in the same podcast mentioned that the method showed in his video using STAB doesnt actually work, id say its worth listening too. Also a handy tip, any reduction with sodium cyanoborohydride will be most efficant at room temperature, same with phenylethylamines
Please be careful, Hamilton morris discussed in a podcast about the concern that cyanoborohydride may product cyanide containing adducts that present as an issue with use as heat will genarate HCN when smoked. I reccomend if you are looking to do a reaction at higher yeilds than NaBH4 would be...
you could do a water extraction of the potasium chlorate as red Ph is insoluable in water however youre going to want to find a way to safley dispose of the chlorate. To deal with the glue id reccomend using a non polar solvent.
Hi there, i plan on doing a reductive amination and i want to make a litre solution of anhydrous methylamine in methanol with a concentration of around 30-33%.
My thought process was i would add 675 grams of methylamine HCl to 1L of methanol and stir. I would then add 399 grams of crushed...