Anxiety (Hive Bee)
11-19-02 19:14
No 381253
       DMT from tryptamine and ethyl formate  Bookmark   

Can this synthesis from Tihkal be scaled up without problems? 		 
 
 
 
    Rhodium
(Chief Bee)
11-19-02 23:54
No 381341
       Myself, I think it looks a little messy, with two ...  Bookmark   

Myself, I think it looks a little messy, with two LAH reductions and all. I think I saw a post by someone here in this forum that the reduction of the intermediate N-formyl-tryptamine was problematic somehow, but I'm not sure.