"This is art, Mr. White! You're an artist! .... Thanks Jesse, I'm glad you approve...."
Yeah.. plan on ruining a few batches, and if you don't... well shit, you're the man now dawg...
Amphetamine is really simple as far as straight up syntheses go. Just a little tougher than a PSE into meth reduction... these guys make it look like a bowl of cereal in the videos. I can't say for myself, yet, but put me in coach! When you undertook the daunting task of learning to make meth, you didn't think it'd be as simple as cooking PSE in some hydroiodic acid(whatever that is) for a few hours.... a/b extract, bubble HCl gas, collect the salt and wash it with acetone. Hardly chemistry right? It does take a few steps to get there, some work and risk is involved, dear lord, put the RP and I2 together, cook for a bit and add an equal portion of water, there's your HI acid.. A dash of this and a blob of that, simple enough right?. You may not succeed at first, you probably won't - so expect it. Apparently, even trained experts don't usually nail first time experiments. I can assure you, it is NOT difficult if you can troubleshoot accurately and learn from mistakes, in a safe manner. If you are self taught like myself, be patient and persistent. Most of all be safe. None of it is going to matter after you burn your shit down and end up in jail or dead. Go at your own pace and live to learn another day.
My advice, practice doing some "food chemistry" first. There's a reason they call em' chefs and cooks. Learn to make a few dishes, competently, without burning anything or making anyone sick. Study your organic chem dilligently, learn techniques, watch videos, read, read, read! Familiarize yourself with the terminology. Start small and simple and practice some things. The gold mine is when someone explains in simple terms, what is actually going on during a particular stage of a reaction, the science behind it - whats happening, what changed? How? Why? Understanding magic, owning it, making it yours.. and then performing it yourself. I saw in another post, someone called the write ups here, "stone age chemistry" outdated and useless to most, but entertaining. I think, well, go back to your superlab and push "START" the button for your stuff. For the rest of us: Let the artists paint. When your stupid civilization falls in on itself and you can't figure out how to turn the power back on or get anymore precursors from China. The dinosaurs will be beyond thunderdome.
The episode of Hamiltons with Fester in the devil suit and the MDMA chef with the wig. Cooler than the other side of the pillow if you ask me! Starting from scratch, 15-20 steps away, maybe more, and using only store bought items to produce ~100g of good, clean product. What? Amazing... magic.... Art! ......... Are you not entertained?
