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tryptamine green synth

wolhersdemon23 - 4-7-2013 at 14:26

I've been attempting to convert tryptophan to tryptamine using glycerol as a hbps, the only drawback is purifying the tryptamine from the reaction mixture. Any ideas on separating polyols from primary amines?

Aurelian - 5-7-2013 at 13:49

Yeah, just do a distillation of it. It'll come over. Tryptamine is much more volatile than glycerol.

What was the temperature required to accomplish the decarboxylation?

nimbus8 - 6-7-2013 at 11:14

Could you post a link or something about this synth. Ive been looking for an easy tryptamine synth.

Bot0nist - 6-7-2013 at 13:06

Quote: Originally posted by nimbus8  
Could you post a link or something about this synth. Ive been looking for an easy tryptamine synth.


Then UTFSE, as the decarboxylation of tryptophan, OTC product, has been done and discussed to death.