Methylamine hydrochloride synthesis. Large scale.

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A somewhat simpler option to produce methylamine would be to reduce Nitromethane CH3NO2 to Methylamine CH3NH2 via Al/Hg amalgam.

CH3NO2 + H2 ---> CH3NH2+ H2O

 

[Osmosis Vanderwaal]

I feel like there is a reason, because using model airplane fuel to make methylamine in vitro is a common route.. either it degrades quickly or...it sounds like an energetic reaction

 

[handle]

Hot, Heavy and Hard! My brain hurts now. I was going to just catch all the Gas that escapes from the rxn in some HCl and dump the rest. Or use the insitu without delay.

 

[Osmosis Vanderwaal]

Here's the reason it reduces it to the alcohol ( over reduces it, that is what Rhodium is saying by " the predominant reaction....." https://chemistry.mdma.ch/hiveboard/chemistrydiscourse/000460257.html