Aluminium amalgam (Al/Hg) Summary
Can this be used to substitute syntheses requiring NaBH4? I am trying to make 5-MeO-DMT from 5-MeO-T following Hamilton Norris's synthesis, but I don't have NaBH4 available to me.
- By G.Patton
I don't think so
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is there a way to make NaBH4 that doesn't require super high temperatures or pressure and that can be done small scale in an amateur lab, or do I just give up and order from China and hope customs don't question me?
Why doesn't Al/Hg work for that synthesis? it should reduce the imine to methylate the tryptamine, no?
I think it may be possible, but I'm not totally sure. Do you think it will reduce the double bond on the indole?
The one thing I'm not too sure about is the product, will it make MMT or DMT. In your synthesis of methamphetamine from amphetamine with Al/Hg, only one methyl group is added to the amine.
After preparing solution of mercury in nitric acid, then adding this solution to a flask with water and aluminum foil, how does one properly vent the fumes from this reaction? The fumes seem strong enough that it is escaping from the air filter and going through the mask as well. I was thinking of using the vacuum pump with the flask then a vacuum regulator so the vacuum strength is just enough for the fumes to be vented outside, but concerned about pumping hydrogen gas as it might risk explosion
Hello can i use the same ammount of mercury(Ii) chloride like mercury (Ii)nitrate for synthes of Amphetamine pls
Try doing a test run of amalgam on a small amount and you will see. It is usual to take a little more chloride than nitrate.
But it is not always necessary that the reaction of the mercury salt be very active, many people prefer to put less mercury salt so that the reaction is calmer. It all depends on you and your conditions.
If the reaction is weak, you need more mercury salt, if it's too strong, you need less. Obviously.
But it is not always necessary that the reaction of the mercury salt be very active, many people prefer to put less mercury salt so that the reaction is calmer. It all depends on you and your conditions.
If the reaction is weak, you need more mercury salt, if it's too strong, you need less. Obviously.
I am trying to do an amalgam of 10g aluminum. I have mercuric nitrate as a liquid, 30ml,it is 1.5% mercury and I assume the rest is water. Is this enough, not enough or too much mercury for that 10g aluminum. Can the aluminum be overreacted ? Can I let the aluminum sit in the mercury solution for 24 hrs ? Like if I throw it all together and forget about it for a day till I want to use it, is it storable in the mercury solution, to stay as usable amalgam ?
Explain how you obtained 30 mL of a 1.5% solution of mercury. This is very similar to dissolving metallic mercury in nitric acid. And it's too much for 10 g of aluminum.
If you were planning to put aluminum foil in a flask, pour in water, and add a solution of mercury nitrate, you can't store that solution. The mercury will react with the foil.
If you were planning to put aluminum foil in a flask, pour in water, and add a solution of mercury nitrate, you can't store that solution. The mercury will react with the foil.
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A order from some webjoint called Zoro. It’s mercury at 1.5% , nitric acid and water. How much u think 10g aluminum will need ? 10ml ?
Either way I’ll be hawk eyeing the shit so I’ll get it done. In a week hope for good posts of good rxn or wait and see me complain for a week cuz I messed it up somehow lol
Any advice ? I’m trying this one with amalgam and I’m doing the copper synth as well
Either way I’ll be hawk eyeing the shit so I’ll get it done lol. Hope for good posts here in a week, or wait and see me complain for a week cuz I can’t do it right for some reason lol
