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Making Methcathinone
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Compiled
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by Anonymous
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Ok, this has got to be the easiest drug made at home (by far). This is very
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similar to methamphetamine in structure, effect, and use. Typical doses
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start at 20mg up to 60mg. Start low, go slow. Cat can be taken orally (add
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10 mg) or through mucous membranes (nasally).
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Ingredients:
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Diet pills, or bronchodilator pills (1000 ea) containing 25mg ephedrine.
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Potassium chromate, or dichromate (easily gotten from chem lab. orange/red)
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Conc. Sulfuric acid - it's up to you where you get this. Contact me if you
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need help locating it.
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Hydrochloric acid or Muriatic acid - Pool supply stores, hardware stores, it
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is used for cleaning concrete.
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Sodium Hydroxide - Hardware stores. AKA lye.
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Toluene - Hardware store, paint store.
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Lab equipment:
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1 liter, 3 neck flask - get it from school or Edmund's Scientific ($20.00)
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125 mL separatory funnel - same as above
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glass tubing - same as above
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Buchner funnel - This is a hard to find item, but must schools have at least
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one. They are usually white porcelain or plastic. They look
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like a funnel with a flat disk in the bottom with lots of
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holes in it. If you need one, arrangements can be made.
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Aspirator or vacuum pump - Any lab-ware supply catalog, about $10.00
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References to Edmund's Scientific Co, in NJ, are accurate. You have to go
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to their "Lab Surplus/Mad Scientist" room. The prices are incredible.
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This place is definitely a recommended stopping sight for anybody going
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through New Jersey. It is located in "Barrington", about 30 minutes from
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center city Philadelphia.
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All of the above can be purchased from "The Al-Chymist". Their number is
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(619)948-4150. Their address is: 17525 Alder #49
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Hesperia, Ca 92345
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Call and ask for a catalog.
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That's it. The body of this article is stolen from the third edition of
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"Secrets of Methamphetamine Manufacture" by Uncle Fester. This is a tried
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and proven method by many people. If you want a copy of this book, contact
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me.
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Good luck and keep away from the DEA
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M E T H C A T H I N O N E
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K I T C H E N I M P R O V I E S E D C R A N K
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The latest designer variant upon the amphetamine molecule to gain
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popularity and publicity is methcathinone, commonly called cat. This
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substance is remarkably similar to the active ingredient found in the
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leaves of the khat tree which the loyal drug warriors on the network news
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blame for turning peace loving Somalis into murderous psychopaths. The
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active ingredient in the khat leaves is cathinone, which has the same
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structural relationship to methcathinone that amphetamine has to
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methamphetamine. It is made by oxidizing ephedrine, while meth can be
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made by reducing ephedrine.
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The high produced by methcathinone is in many ways similar to
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methamphetamine. For something so easily made and purified, it is
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actually quite enjoyable. the main differences between the meth high and
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the methcathinone high are length of action and body fell. With
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methcathinone, one can expect to still get to sleep about 8 hours after a
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large dose. On the down side, it definitely gives me the impression that
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the substance raises the blood pressure quite markedly. This drug may not
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be safe for people with weak hearts of blood vessels. Be warned!
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Cat is best made using chrome in the +6 oxidation state as the
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oxidizer. I recall seeing an article in the narco swine's Journal of
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Forensic Science bragging about how they worked out a method for making it
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using permanganate, but that method gives an impure product in low yields.
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Any of the common hexavalent chrome salts can be used as the oxidizer in
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this reaction. This list include chrome trioxide (CrO3), sodium or
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potassium chromate (Na2CrO4), and sodium or potassium dichromate
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(Na2Cr2O7). All of these chemicals are very common. Chrome trioxide is
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used in great quantities in chrome plating. The chromates are used in
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tanning and leather making.
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To make methcathinone, the chemist starts with the water extract of
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ephedrine pills. The concentration of the reactants in this case is not
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critically important, so it is most convenient to use the water extract of
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the pills directly after filtering without any boiling away of the water.
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See the section at the beginning of Chapter 15 [I included this at the end
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of the file] on extracting ephedrine form pills. Both ephedrine
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hydrochloride and sulfate can be used in this reaction.
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The water extract of 1000 ephedrine pills is placed into any
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convenient glass container. A large measuring cup is probably best since
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it has a pouring lip. Next, 75 grams of any of the above mentioned +6
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chrome compounds are added. They dissolve quite easily to form a reddish
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or orange colored solution. Finally, concentrated sulfuric acid is added.
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If CrO3 is being used, 21 mL is enough for the job. If one of the
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chromates is being used, 42 mL is called for. These ingredients are
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thoroughly mixed together, and allowed to sit for several hours with
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occasional stirring.
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After several hours have passed, lye solution is added to the batch
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until it is strongly basic. Very strong stirring accompanies this process
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to ensure that the cat is converted to the free base. Next, the batch is
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poured into a sep funnel, and a couple hundred mLs of toluene is added.
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Vigorous shaking, as usual, extracts the cat into the toluene layer. It
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should be clear to pale yellow in color. The water layer should be orange
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mixed with green. The green may settle out as a heavy sludge. The water
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layer is thrown away, and the toluene layer containing the cat is washed
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once with water, then poured into a beaker. Dry HCl gas is passed through
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the toluene as described in Chapter 5 [I included this at the end of the file]
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to get white crystals of cat. The yield is between 15 and 20
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grams. This reaction is scaled up quite easily.
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CHAPTER 15 (part of it anyway)
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P R O C E D U R E F O R O B T A I N I N G P U R E E P H E D R I N E
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F R O M S T I M U L A N T P I L L S
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In the present chemical supply environment, the best routes for making
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meth start with ephedrine as the raw material. To use these routes, a
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serious hurdle must first be overcome. This hurdle is the fact that the
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most easily obtained source of ephedrine, the so-called stimulant or
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bronchodilator pills available cheaply by mail order, are a far cry from
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the pure starting material a quality minded chemist craves. Luckily,
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there is a simple and very low profile method for separating the fillers
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in these pills from the desired active ingredient they contain.
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A superficial paging through many popular magazines[New Body is where
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I found it at GNC] reveals them to be brim full of ads
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from mail order outfits offering for sale "stimulant" or "bronchodilator"
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pills. These are the raw materials today's clandestine operator requires
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to manufacture meth without detection. The crank maker can hide amongst
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the huge herd of people who order these pills for the irritating and
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nauseating high that can be had by eating them as is. I have heard of a
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few cases where search warrants were obtained against people who ordered
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very large numbers of these pills, but I would think that orders of up to
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a few thousand pills would pass unnoticed. If larger numbers are
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required, maybe one's friends could join in the effort.
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The first thing one notices when scanning these ads is the large
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variety of pills offered for sale. When one's purpose is to convert them
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into methamphetamine, it is very easy to eliminate most of the pills
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offered for sale. Colored pills are automatically rejected because one
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does not want the coloring to be carried into the product. Similarly,
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capsules are rejected because individually cutting open capsules is just
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too much work. Bulky pills are to be avoided because they contain too much
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filler. The correct choice is white cross thins, preferably containing
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ephedrine HCl instead of sulfate, because the HCl salt can be used in more
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of the reduction routes than can the sulfate.
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Once the desired supply of pills is in hand, the first thing which
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should be done is to weigh them. This will give the manufacturer an idea
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of how much of the pills is filler, and how much is active ingredient.
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Since each pill contains 25 milligrams of ephedrine HCl, a 1000 lot bottle
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contains 25 grams of active ingredient. A good brand of white cross thins
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will be around 33% to 40% active ingredient. 25 grams of ephedrine HCl
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may not sound like much, but if it is all recovered from these pills, it
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is enough to make from 1/2 to 3/4 ounce of pure meth. This is worth three
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or four thousand dollars, not a bad return on the twenty odd dollars a
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thousand lot of such pills costs. [I don't know where he got 3 or 4
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thousand dollars from, but the pills go for about $35.00/1000 now. 2
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months ago they were $25.00 but now they have to do more paper work
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because it is a DEA controlled substance]
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To extract the ephedrine from the pills, the first thing which must be
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done is to grind them into a fine powder. This pulverization must be
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thorough in order to ensure complete extraction of the ephedrine form the
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filler matrix in which it is bound. A blender does a fine job of this
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procedure, as will certain brands of home coffee grinders.
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Next, the powder from 1000 pills is put into a glass beaker, or other
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similar container having a pouring lip, and about 300 mL of distilled
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water is added. Gentle heat is then applied to the beaker, as for example
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on a stove burner, and with steady stirring the contents of the beaker are
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slowly brought up to a gentle boil. It is necessary to stir constantly
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because of the fillers will settle to the bottom of the beaker and cause
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burning if not steadily stirred.
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Once the contents of the beaker have been brought to a boil, it is
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removed from the heat and allowed to settle. Then the water is poured out
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of the beaker through a piece of filter paper. The filtered water should
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be absolutely clear. Next, another 50 mL of water is added to the pill
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filler sludge, and it too is heated with stirring. Finally, the pill
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sludge is poured into the filter, and the water it contains is allowed to
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filter through. It too should be absolutely clear, and should be mixed in
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with the first extract. A little water may be poured over the top of the
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filler sludge to get the last of the ephedrine out of it. This sludge
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should be nearly tasteless, and gritty in texture. The water extract
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should taste very bitter, as it contains the ephedrine.
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The filtered water is now returned to the stove burner, and half of
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the water it contains is gently boiled away. Once this much water has
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been boiled off, precautions should be taken to avoid burning the
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ephedrine. The best alternative is to evaporate the water off under a
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vacuum. If this is not practical with the equipment on hand, the water
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may be poured into a glass baking dish. This dish is then put into the
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oven with the door cracked open, and the lowest heat applied. In no time
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at all, dry crystals of ephedrine HCl can be scraped out of the baking
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dish with a razor blade. The serious kitchen experimenter may wish to
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further dry them in a microwave.
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Chapter 5 (The part about the HCl gas)
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A source of anhydrous hydrogen chloride gas is now needed. The
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chemist will generate his own. The glassware is set up as in Figure 1.
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He will have to bend another piece of glass tubing to the shape shown. It
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should start out about 18 inches long. One end of it should be pushed
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through a one hole stopper. A 125 mL sep funnel is the best size. The
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stoppers and joints must be tight, since pressure must develop inside this
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flask to force the hydrogen chloride gas out through the tubing as it is
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generated.
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Into the 1000 mL, three-necked flask is placed 200 grams of table
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salt. Then 25% concentrated hydrochloric acid is added to this flask until
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it reaches the level shown in the figure. The hydrochloric acid must be
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of laboratory grade [I use regular muriatic acid for pools].
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Figure 1:
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ֽ <20> ӷ <20>and a good number of holes
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<20> <20> <20>should be poked into the
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<20> 1000 mL, 3 neck flask <20> <20>paste for long lasting
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<20> <20> <20>generation of HCl gas.
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<20><>ķ <20><>Ľ <20>
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<20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>ķ <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>Ľ <20>
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<20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>Ľ <20>
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Some concentrated sulfuric acid (96-98%) is put into the sep funnel
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and the spigot turned so that 1 mL of concentrated sulfuric acid flows
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into the flask. It dehydrates the hydrochloric acid and produces hydrogen
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chloride gas. This gas is then forced by pressure through the glass
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tubing.
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One of the Erlenmeyer flasks containing methamphetamine in solvent is
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placed so that the glass tubing extends into the methamphetamine, almost
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reaching the bottom of the flask. Dripping in more sulfuric acid as
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needed keeps the flow of gas going to the methamphetamine. If the flow if
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gas is not maintained, the methamphetamine may solidify inside the glass
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tubing, plugging it up.
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Within a minute of bubbling, white crystals begin to appear in the
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solution, More and more of them appear as the process continues. It is an
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awe-inspiring sight. In a few minutes, the solution becomes as thick as
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watery oatmeal.
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It is now time to filter out the crystals, which is a two man job.
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The flask with the crystals in it is removed from the HCl source and
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temporarily set aside. The three-necked flask is swirled a little to
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spread around the sulfuric acid and then the other Erlenmeyer flask is
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subjected to a bubbling with HCl. While this flask is being bubbled, the
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crystals already in the other flask are filtered out.
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The filtering flask and Buchner funnel are set up as shown in figure
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2. The drain stem of the buchner funnel extends all the way through the
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rubber stopper, because methamphetamine has a nasty tendency to dissolve
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rubber stoppers. This would color the product black. A piece of filter
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paper covers the flat bottom of the Buchner funnel. The vacuum is turned
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on and the hose attached to the vacuum nipple. Then the crystals are
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poured into the Buchner funnel. The solvent and uncrystallized
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methamphetamine pass through the filter paper and the crystals stay in the
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Buchner funnel as a solid cake. About 15 mL of solvent is poured into the
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Erlenmeyer flask. the top of the flask is covered with the palm and it is
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shaken to suspend the crystals left clinging to the sides. This is also
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poured into the Buchner funnel. Finally, another 15 mL of solvent is
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poured over the top of the filter cake.
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Figure 2:
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<20> <20> <-B<>chner Funnel
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<20>___________<5F>
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<20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>Ŀ
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<20> <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> <--To vacuum
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<20><><EFBFBD> <20>Ŀ
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<20> <20>
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<20> <20>
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<20><><EFBFBD> <20>Ŀ
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Filtering <20> <20>
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flask--> <20><> <20><>
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<20> <20>
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Now the vacuum hose is disconnected and the Buchner funnel, stopper
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and all, is pulled from the filtering flask. All of the filtered solvent
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is poured back into the erlenmeyer flask it came from. It is returned to
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the HCl source for more bubbling. The Buchner funnel is put back into the
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top of the filtering flask. It still contains the filter cake of
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methamphetamine crystals. It will now be dried out a little bit. The
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vacuum is turned back on, the vacuum hose is attached to the filtering
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flask, and the top of the Buchner funnel is covered with the palm or
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section of latex rubber glove. The vacuum builds and removes most of the
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solvent from the filter cake. This takes about 60 seconds. The filter
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cake can now be dumped out onto a glass or China plate (not plastic) by
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tipping the Buchner funnel upside-down and tapping it gently on the plate.
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And so, the filtering process continues, one flask being filtered
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while the other one is being bubbled with HCl. Solvent is added to the
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Erlenmeyer flask to keep their volumes at 300 mL. Eventually, after each
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flask has been bubbled for about seven times, no more crystal will come
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out and the underground chemist is finished.
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If ether was used as the solvent, the filter cakes on the plates will
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be nearly dry now. With a knife from the silverware drawer, the cakes are
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cut into eighths. They are allowed to dry out some more then chopped up
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into powder. If benzene was used, this process takes longer. Heat lamps
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may be used to speed up this drying, but no stronger heat source.
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[The above section of chapter 5 is talking about methamphetamine. You
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could, in most instances, substitute the word methcathinone, but I wanted
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to present the text to you in its exact form.]
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