03-29-02 18:58
No 289536
"Interestingly, homolytic attack by *OH on the indole nucleus affords mainly 4-hydroxyindole.
M. Julia and F. Ricalens, Contem. Rend. (C) 275, 613 (1972). "
Taken from:
Newkone, George R. Contemporary heterocyclic chemestry. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 1982. p 76.
So, would indole, exposed to UVs, with catalyic amounts of nitrous acid be enough? I imagine I'm wrong here, b/c I can't find enough good refs on this, but I feel justified just finding the above-posted reference. Would it be better to use H2O2 in then presence of some metal? This would form the ion as well, of course.
I don't have access to the original article (*sniffle*), because I'm not as cool as someone out there. I'm sure it would answer many of my questions . . .
I was tempted to wait to post, until I read more on this, but I'm sure someone out there will enjoy this.
I'm late for class again, *sigh*
No barbed wire can cage a bee.
(Chief Bee)
03-29-02 19:09
No 289539
I read the CA article five years ago or something like that, and the product was all the possible hydroxyindoles (although mostly 4-OH). Cheap method though.
(Pioneer Researcher)
03-31-02 16:43
No 290372
Do you know the method exposed in Michael Valentine's Psychedlic Chemistry to convert DMT in psilocin and others ?
0.01 M DMT, 0.02 phosphate buffer pH 7.2 containing 0.5 mM disodium EDTA and 0.01 M ferrous sulphate (may be CuCL works) and add with stirring at 20-22 C 0.02 H2O2 (0.01 M may increase yield) to get 30 % of product containing 4-OH DMT and other OH DMT and must be chromatographed. I wonder if there's something better to convert DMT in psilocin.
(Moderator)
03-31-02 19:03
No 290408
Look at the yields from the original paper. They are much lower. It's in no way a practical method.