I was unsure about this procedure too as I havent found it in any literature. Theoretically it should work analogous to how one can make Nitric acid from NaHSO4 and nitrate salts: 2 NaHSO4 + 2 KNO3 ---> 2 HNO3 + Na2SO4 + K2SO4
In the case of HCl: NaHSO4 + NaCl ---> Na2SO4 + HCl
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I have tried to synthesize mescaline from 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzaldehyde via two different routes. Everything seemed to work well until the last step, yet no desired product was obtained. Does anyone have an idea of what might have gone wrong?
My route was in principle the following:
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