P2NP need help :)

[JohnyDoe]

Hello, Can anyone tell me if this recipe is true? It seems easy , right?
Reflux means that it needs to be heated for a long peroiod of time , i know, but in what temperature?
I hope someone can explain this to me , thanks in advance
IF this is not easyest method, wich is?

To 55 g (0.5mol) Benzaldehyde in a 500mL Flask were added 40 g (0.5mol) Nitroethane and 10mL Cyclohexylamine. All was refluxed for 6h on a water bath. The result were 2 layers. One orange layer at the bottom with phenyl-2-nitropropene and a clear layer at the top with cyclohexylamine and maybe a little bit (~1mL) of H₂O. 50mL of H₂O were added and then sucked off with a pipette until the phenyl-2-nitropropene crystallized (it crystallized when it came in contact with air in presence of 15mL H₂O). I added 200mL 95% denaturated ethanol to the orange crystals. The color of the now needle-like crystals changed from orange to white-yellow. The crystals were filtered. Yield 65 g, 78% of theory.

 

[szuko000]

We do not allow synthesis discussion. If you are unsure of what reflux means or what temperature the reaction must be run at then you have no business even trying something as complex as this.

Closed due to no synthesis discussion, if you knew and could you wouldnt be here asking this.

Also what exactly did you plan on doing with you nitro group no the end use (strong reducing agent) to reduce pfff dont make me laugh even i will NOT handle that substance and i strongly advise you do not even consider looking into an (strong reduction). As I stated before if you even understood what i meant here you would not attempt any of this and if you feel "gifted" go to school there is much more to chemistry then drugs.

Chemistry kills nonchemists and strong reducing agents kill a lot of people. You have been warned. Removed chemical names for obvious reasons but please listen to me about reducing compounds.