ETX 20 Lecture Notes - Methylsulfonylmethane, United States Department Of Energy National Laboratories, Birch Reduction

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1890"s: first made, but no one knows where. 1930"s and 40"s: nazi meth made for super soldiers (not until 1939 in english) 1960"s: hells angles west coast motorcycle gang began producing not popular because of side effects, not recognized as a problem. 1970"s: became a schedule 2 drug by dea (means has medical uses but can be abused) The only thing you need to do to take psudophedrine into meth is remove one oxygen. D-methamphedimine is psychoactive whereas l-meth is not and is used in vicks inhalers. Ph adjustement (only with hi/ red p method) Can be scaled up (greater than 100 pounds per batch, used by mexican national labs) Reaction by-prodicts can be deadly (especially phosphine and methyl iodide. Reaction mix is aidic; ph must be raised in order t oextract the produce. Pj adjustment is a makor cause of spills (very hazardous step) Common in midwest due ti availiablity of anhydrous ammonia (used in fertilizer)

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