Comment · Mon, December 3, 2012
MDMA from methylone?
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stfudonny · 13 points
I was wondering if it were possible to get MDMA from methylone. Through a Wolf Kishner reduction perhaps? I don't have a solid chemistry background beyond what I've read on various forums, I'm just wondering if this is doable.
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ketaminekid · 1 points
couldnt you blast it off with sodium borohydride? or would that damage the methylenedeoxy ring?
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
I'm not sure if that would affect the beta-keytone or not. However, there is a snyth for MDMA that uses sodium borohydride for reductive animation. So I would not think it would damage the methylenedioxy group. Here is the synth.