Preparation of methamphetamine by phenylalanine method

[hacke8]

Prepare reagents: 1-phenylalanine (D/L) optional 2-Sodium carbonate (sodium hydroxide) optional 3-Dimethyl sulfate (methyl iodide) optional 4-Ammonia (for washing reactants) 5-DMF (used to extract reactants) I know the reagents required, but I don’t know the reaction temperature and molar ratio of the reagents. The process is: 1-phenylalanine undergoes decarboxylation under alkaline conditions, 2-Split the flow to obtain amphetamine 3-Amphetamine is then methylated using dimethyl sulfate 4- Wash with ammonia 5-Extraction with DMF This is some information I found on the Internet. I searched some questions on Google. It should be possible to perform this procedure. Chemists with reagents are welcome to operate the process and publish your results.

 

[TheNut22]

I've made, years and years ago DL-Phenylalaninol, and it looked like speed and smelled like good nasty street speed.
If I had done the HI reduction to that, maybe ... I believe that there are good UG chemists here who would know how to do the job easier than described in the Rhodium archives. I think this is a good place to start a proper discussion. At least I'm fascinated by different ideas on how to reduce it to amphetamine by different means.