Heat the water bath to just about boiling, and use it to heat the Together and LOOSELY stopper the end of the test tube to prevent steam from entering. A few drops of concentrated sulfuric acid are added. Heated in a water bath until all the ephedrine (in this case) hydrochloride is dissolved. One gram of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine or PPA hydrochloride is placed in a large test-tube along with 5-7 mL of glacial acetic acid. Ammeter capable of measuring up to 3 amps, with resoloution to 1/10 of an amp.Several feet of 16 to 20 gauge insulated copper wire.Lead or graphite electrode 1/2-inch wide by five inches long.One (1) gram of purified ephedrine, pseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine.Of a lamb's skin prophylactic as an inexpensive yet effective cell divider is also demonstrated in this experiment. Reduction of the hydroxyl group of various 1-phenyl-2-aminopropanols and their substituted amino variants are easily and efficiently carried outīy electrocatalytic hydrogenation of their respective acetic esters at a palladium or palladium-plated electrode in a divided electrolytic cell. It is now my great honor to share this knowlege in the interest of the furtherment of science. My shit-eating grin still aglow, Uncle excitedly gave me two new references which promise to significantly The embittered Fester, pissed at the gravelly hand-job Loompanics has been giving him(allegedly due to managementĬhanges or something) defiantly trumpeted 'Divulge Trade Secrets!' I nearly busted at nut with both excitement and relief that I could now share thisīreakthrough with you, the scientific world. Anyway, while discussing this with Fester, I mentioned how I had teased the swarm with hints of the new method,īut hadn't divulged any 'trade secrets'. Now several months later, and nearly a year since the book was written it is still not available and we are now told by 'Panics to expect it in September To the manuscript of a very,dare I say, revoloutionary chapter of this book since much earlier this year, and out of respect for the author's need to makeĪ living, not divulged any 'trade secrets' though I have told of said formula's most vital element, and teased of the simplicity this new Fester Method. March or so of this year, with the release date continually being pushed back, despite the word that it was 'at the printer's' in June. PrefaceAs those of you who have been following the chem scene this year know, the new book from Uncle Fester has been promised and promised by Loompanics since > Back to Rhodium Archive Index >Įlectrolytic Hydrogenation of Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine and PPA This Aug 2004 static snapshot is hosted by ErowidĪs of May 2005 and is not being updated. This file is a part of the Rhodium site archive.

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