Stimulants Who else has noticed that the amino acid phenylalanine is oxidized amphetamine?

[purplehaze147]

There must be someway to produce amphetamine from phenylalanine through reduction. Maybe using LiAlH4, NaBH4, H3PO4, or maybe H2 + Pd/C but it's probably not strong enough. Probably only LiAlH4 would work. I've heard of electrolysis being used to produce amphetamine from phenylalanine, but never with a reducing reagent.

 

[G_Chem]

Hey man while I love a good chemistry discussion, this pushes too far into the realm of “synthesis talk.” Unfortunately this isn’t a topic we can talk of here as it’s against the rules.

-GC