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Alright I will do this - any other opportunity to extract cause im out of diethylether ?
Alright I will do this - any other opportunity to extract cause im out of diethylether ?
At what temperature do you reflux once you add the hcl?
Read about Boiling point please. You have to reach this point and keep the reaction mixture for 3h. Also, there is written 150-170 °C.
Read about Boiling point please. You have to reach this point and keep the reaction mixture for 3h. Also, there is written 150-170 °C.
Ah ok, so you recommend to reflux it at 75c?
I don't think it needs such a high temperature with hcl.
I usually use stirring when boiling my reactions. I find it's more efficient than boiling stones
What temperature do i reflux this at?
probably yesAlso will there be a video on this method?
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Reaction scheme:
Equipment and glassware:
100 ml round bottom flask; Retort stand and clamp for securing apparatus (optional); Heating plate; Funnel; Syringe or Pasteur pipette; pH indicator papers; Beakers (250 mL x2, 100 mL x4); Laboratory scale (0.01-100 g is suitable); Measuring cylinders 10 mL and 100 mL; Water bath; Glass rod and spatula; Separatory funnel 0.5 L; Laboratory grade thermometer (up to 200-250 °C); Buchner flask and funnel; Filter paper;
Reagents:
Formic acid 10.98 g; n-Methylformamide (NMF) 7.6 g; MDP2P (PMK) 9.0 g; Concentrated hydrochloric acid (HCl 36%) 30 ml; Sodium hydroxide solution (NaOH 35%) ~10 ml; Diethyl ether (or petroleum ether) ~150 ml; Magnesium sulphate (MgSO4) ~15 g; Methanol (MeOH) ~50 ml; Acetone ~50 ml;
Synthesis:
1. Formic acid 3.66 g, n-methylformamide (NMF) 7.6 g and MDP2P (PMK) 9.0 g are placed into a 100 ml round bottom flask. Reflux condenser and thermometer are installed.
2. The mixture is refluxed at 150-170 °C for 7 h with periodic formic acid 7.32 g additions.
3. After that, the reaction mixture is cooled down to room temperature, a clear yellow solution of N-formyl-3,4-methylenedioxymethylamphetamine (N-formyl-MDMA) is obtained.
4. Concentrated hydrochloric acid (HCl 36% 30 ml) is added to this solution. Than, reaction mixture is refluxed for additional 3 h.
5. The reaction mixture is alkalized with several portions of sodium hydroxide solution (NaOH 35%) to 12 pH. Do not overheat reaction mixture.
6. Crude MDMA free base is extracted from the alkaline solution with diethyl ether (or petroleum ether) 2 x 50 mL. Ether extract with MDMA free base is dried over MgSO4.
7. After that, organic solvent is evaporated with a slight heating of warm water bath or with help of rotary evaporator with vacuum. MDMA free base oil is treated with hydrogen chloride gas and gelatinous brown precipitate of impure MDMA hydrochloride is obtained.
8. The crude MDMA hydrochloride salt is dissolved in minimum volume of boiling methanol (MeOH), which is necessary to dissolve MDMA crude salt. Hot solution is poured into a beaker with chilled acetone, crystals are formed. This mixture is cooled down to a room temperature and vacuum filtered, crystals are washed with small amount of cold dry acetone and air dried (or dried in a vacuum chamber). Crystalline MDMA hydrochloride is obtained as the product.
9. MDMA hydrochloride can be recrystallized one more time to yield fawn crystals with melting point 147 - 148 °C.
please can write someone big scale?
Did you try it first scale to see if you can do the rxn first?
And how did it go?
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