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Greetings to all experienced chemists of the forum. I was thinking about a way to make amphetamine using lithium aluminum hydride in THF and phenylnitropropene. How effective is this technique? Does LAC reduce the double bond in phenylnitropropene?

Reagents: Lithium aluminum hydride (LAH; cas 16853-85-3) 12 g; 1,4-Dioxane 300 ml; 1-Phenyl-2-nitropropene (P2NP; cas 705-60-2) 10 g; Sodium hydroxide (25% NaOH) aq. solution; Acetone ~50 ml; Sulfuric acid ~10 ml; Equipment and glassware: Two-naked round bottom flask 1 L; Retort stand and...