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ephedrine>pcc>wolff-kishner = ?

anticoplanar - 16-5-2007 at 10:35

Now I don't know anything about meth, ephedrine or organic chemistry but I just saw the structure of the above and was curious if this worked.

A simple yes or no will do just fine, I'm just curious.

Ephedrine + PCC to the ketone + Wolff Kischner to the dezien of civilized society...

Nicodem - 16-5-2007 at 12:06

Quote:
Originally posted by anticoplanar
A simple yes or no will do just fine, I'm just curious.

No.

anticoplanar - 17-5-2007 at 03:09

Thanks.

jon - 18-5-2007 at 10:36

I've seen a wolf kishner reference on ephedrine itself it seems to work because Of tautomerisn of the benzylic alcohol i coul'nt attest to the veracity of the article I don't even have it's citation.
hot hydrazine isn't my bag anyway.

[Edited on 18-5-2007 by jon]