Il giorno lunedì 2 dicembre 2002 18:32:55 UTC+1, Uncle Al ha scritto:   
   > Dustin Caras wrote:   
   > >    
   > > Hello,   
   > >    
   > > I have synthesized 1034 grams of 2-Carbomethoxytropinone (It has   
   > > costed me a $1950, I can give you a list of suppliers I've used), and   
   > > I am stuck with converting it to methylecgonine.   
   > >    
   > > Could anyone advise which method to use, references to some papers   
   > > would be helpfull.   
   > > What is the ratio? like 100grams would convert into X grams of   
   > > methylecgonine?   
   >    
   > Homebrew cocaine starts by purchasing or making tropinone, converting   
   > the tropinone into 2-carbomethoxytropinone (also known as   
   > methyl-tropan-3-one-2-carboxylate), reducing this to ecgonine, and   
   > changing that to cocaine.  Since there is no optical isomer selection   
   > anywhere in the path, the resulting "cocaine" is a mixture of 8   
   > isomers (the two bridgehead chiral centers are linked) and quite   
   > worthless.  Some of the isomers are toxic.   
   >    
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