I Killed Hunter S. Thompson

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I never fucked with pseudop./red phos./Iodine cuz I wanted the connoisseur shit. Reflux PAA/AA/K-acetate anhydrous conditions ——> P2P then do one of my personal fave’s: Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation P2P/Methylamine/formic acid/KOH (a bit) and 10% Pd/C – just let it stir at atmospheric pressure and it bubbles off CO2 like a soda. BAM! Then I’d dissolve the clean oil in toluene and add an HCl dissolved solution of IPA (<—-isopropyl alcohol) and let the snowflakes fall.

PAA phenylacetic acid
AA acetic acid

IMO, anhydrous conditions would indicate[92309: AA=] acetic anhydride. Otherwise, you’re going to have one molecule of water for every two molecules of glacial acetic acid.

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