I found a source that sells 500 grams of 2c-h for 2 grand, so I dug around & then found a site detailing a simple approach to 2c-b synth starting with 2c-h as the pre-brominated precursor... Sounds enticing!!! I guess my 'elitist' chem set is useful in more ways than one Spicey
net synths are usually purposely flawed for various reasons. Advice is to check each stage synth in real world chemistry books to check that reaction is correct + what extra stages are required to make it safe, buy 5 times the amount of every chemical needed as you'll never succeed first or second time etc.
I hadn't thought about going to the library, but you are correct. Why trust some site over academia? That same argument was always fundamental to any kind of paper I've ever written in college since every wiki & so on could literally be coming from anyone with a fifth grade education & a computer. Thanks for pointing out that salient point! The only thing I'm certain of is that beginning with already made 2C-H will make it much smoother, safer, & much, much easier--& 500 grams is a shit ton.
get a copy of the organic chemistry lab survival manual before starting anything, it's as good as books get. But then use the library for the actual chemistry. The synth should be laid out in steps, one will probably be incorrect (almost certainly the most dangerous stage). Also the timing and temperature will normally be left out, so it may look like a 20 minute procedure when actually 3 or 4 days etc, these are standard. Just write the steps out using the left half of a page you've drawn a line down, then on the other side write down what a chemistry manual says along with lab practice notes. You'll soon find the problems. Good luck. Is 2C-H legal where you are? Check the theoretical yields and half them mate, but record the real yields in your lab book to see where you're losing efficiency and find ways to improve that stage. If you need help shout.
that's what I gather from all of the reading I've done as of late. Lucky for me I have a reliable source for 2C-H. It is quite spendy, though, & though I've already got a pretty full equipped set of lab instruments, I still need a few really expensive ones like a Soxhlet Extractor & a vaccuum distillation apparatus. On an unrelated note, does anyone know how closely watched tryptamine hcl is? I'm interested in adding it to a P. Cubensis mycelium substrate; I've read that it exponentially increases the psilocin content of the fungus. I've got a bead on that chemical too, I just want to check all of my bases before such future endeavors... Actually, maybe it's not so unrelated... Does anyone think 2C-H is closely watched since it has no other practical purpose than as a 2C-x precursor? Thanks to all for any info provided!
In the USA, 2C-H is watched, but not regulated. It is on the "DEA Special Surveillance List". Google it. From other countries, like China, usually you can get it quite easily and there is no problem with customs. I know some sources. It's somewhat cheap, too, especially considering what can be made with it. Bromine, I think you will see, is very hard ta find. It's not watched, just hard to find. You can make your own from sodium bromide. Tryptamine is not really watched although some paranoid people would not order it. It's not immediately useful as a drug precursor so it doesn't draw much attention.
