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RED PHOSPHOROUS /IODINE METHAMPHETAMINE SYNTHESIS

by Placebo

Ok, this
this is an amalgamation
amalgamation of many peoples methods! I beleive this to be the be st, simplest,
simplest, fastest, and cleanes t
method for producing meth-amphetamine, in in the highe st yeilds po ss ible for RP/I2/
RP/I2/E
E reaction! Remember, each and
every step gives
gives small
small losses , and this method has the leas t step s! It is a culm
culmination
ination o f efforts
efforts by, Worlock,
Worlock,
CHEMMAN, and maybe a few tiny touches by me! I re-iterate, I don't want any congratulations except for the write-up
itself!

You will need these things,

things, and no substitutions
substitutions a llow
llow ed! If you can't
can't get this s hit, you aint ready to make
make the best
Go-Go in town! This is a refinement of all methods, and the next step up from Push Pull, But nobody should be
dicouraged from attempting this, as you will probably find it easier! PH paper, isn't even necessary!

This
This po st is one method from GoGo to Whoa h! This
This po st has to be follow
follow ed from GO
GO to W hoah! Otherwise you can run
into trouble,
trouble, as p ovidone is not removed
removed in this extraction!
extraction! It will be removed
removed at the end! Each step w as chosen to
compliment the next! Understand?

EQUIPMENT
Various jars
2L pyrex
pyrex vesse l
2L 2 neck round flat botto m flask
flask
1 conde nse r, I reccomend a coil conde
conde nse r but a liebig will suffice!
suffice!
1 sloping splashhe ad o r better s till,
till, a s team distill
distillation
ation sloping splashhea d!
A steam pressure cooker, thatthat has releif valve
valve at top
Hotplate, ele ctric
ctric of course!
Filter paper, Bucner and vacuum would be nice too!
thermometer
1 glass stopper
lengths of clear pvc tubing
Pot w ith vege
vege table oil, that
that can fit your reaction
reaction vesse l

REAGENTS (A LL MUST BE CLEAN A ND ANHYDROUS !)

Iodine crystals
Red Phosphorous
Pse udo-ephedrine, or ephedrine
ephedrine
Methanol
Toluene
Acetone
NaOH
Ice

EXTRACTION OF PFED

Ok, this
this method will deal w ith the Hcl sa lt of pfed, and a s treamlined
treamlined version of "the cure"! All pills
pills are dumped into a
large jar and double the volume of methanol poured on top! This is stirred vigourously and let to settle, in the fridge
see ms to spe ed it up! After
After top methanol layer has cleared it is carefully
carefully decanted off. This
This procedure is repeate d 3
times. All methanol pulls are put together and reduced on a hotplate. As methanol gets down to last little bit, it is
taken off heat Then a portion of acetone, twice your remaing liquid is dropped in. This forces the pfed crystals to
crash ou t. Then
Then re maining
maining liquid is
is care fully
fully evape d off.

Now you have your crude/dir

crude/dirty
ty pfed Hcl.
Hcl. Next we will be doing successive toluene wa shes So put your pfed crystals
crystals in
a pyrex (heat
(heat p roof glass) Now add toluene to a safe level that can be lightly
lightly boiled on hotplate After about 5 mins
mins
boiling with stirring. Take off heat a nd let s ettle a minute.
minute. Now carefully pour off toluene into a filter to catch any
remnants
remnants of pfed tha t may
may follow.
follow. Now if you
you ge t the toluene that has our contaminents
contaminents in it and add so me w ater
You will see the crap crash from the toluene into the water This is the crap that came thru with the methanol pull!

So as w e continue to do multiple
ultiple toluene w ashe s, We will continue
continue to tes t the toluene after pouring
pouring it off,
off, To
To se e ho w
we are progressing with the cleanup!
cleanup! W hen we have reached a point where no crap comes comes o ut of the toluene,
toluene, With
the add ition
ition of w ater, then we are ready to try acetone!
acetone! Usually about 3 bo ilsils in toluene, but of course it depe nds
how much your
your using! So, as before w e w ill
ill add a portion
portion of acetone and bo il lightly
lightly!! Now whe n we pour off the
acetone, we will add a tiny amount
amount of w ater and s ome NaOH This This is our final
final test, whe n you do this and no crap fallsfalls
out of acetone you are rea dy!

This will be the cleanest pfed you have ever seen, guarenteed! AND, yeilds should be >90% if your careful! 95% is
good.

REACTION
Smallest reaction to be attempted, especially by new bees , is 1oz o f pfed! So that e ven taking into a ccount
sloppiness, lack of experience and losses along the w ay You should get s ome product!

Ratios of rea gen ts are , 3:3:1 or 1:1:1/3 ie.E:I:RP aka , equal amounts o f Iodine and p fed, and a third as much RP!
Comprenda!

Ok first prepare yourself an icebath! Yes icecubes and water in a sink or bucket! Now, many will say you should add
this first or that first! Well after much reading of different peoples methods, I say.... Chuck the whole shebang in
together, while your flask is on ice, Lift and swirl ingredients together, while maintaing on ice! Put your condenser on
top and start wa ter running thru, from bottom to top! Now , the idea is to g et the reaction going in the most
controlled way possible. Now you want to let reagents react in the icebath, if at all, Then move vessel from icebath to
room temp, If things look like they're going too fast, put back in ice bath, You want to keep the reaction going but
only at a nice slow, controlled pace! This is also necessary to control vapour in the condenser! Thick and or dis-
colored s moke is bad ! and plumes of smoke will escape from condense r As things progress at a nice s low pace, as
things slow too much you can sta rt applying heat! So prepare a n oilbath and bring to a bout 50c, now if there is no
more action in your vesse l You can move it to the oilbath, and s ame as be fore, when things slow dow n, Adjust heat
up, to say 100c then 150c for one hour, to make sure reaction has completed The whole time you should be watching
to keep a nice reflux going, and not too much vapour is escaping from condenser!

Now remove from heat a nd disconnect condens er, Now add ice w ater to que nch reaction, reason for ice wate r is to
calm the reaction down whe n NaOH is added Now its up to you if you w ant to filter out RP or leave till the end I would
leave it, it will be washed nicely by next process and be easier to filter! Now add lots of NaOH to bring reaction mix to
positive 14PH You cannot over-basify as meth won't be destroyed, its a tough MF!

STEAM DISTILLATION
Now you ne ed to set up your glasswa re for steam distillation! So attach steam distillation sloping splashhead to top
hole of flask! Now attach plastic hose to ste am inlet and other e nd, on release valve of press ure cooker that is full of
wa ter! Now attach condense r on end of splashhe ad, and rig up some kind of prop for it to stay up! Now place a jar at
the e nd of condense r to catch our distillate! Now you w ant to he at both the pressure cooker, and the reaction flask!
Now s it back and get ready for one o f the most beautiful sites and smells! The meth freebase that is sitting on the
top of your aqueo us layer in flask will vapourise and be carried across and be condens ed in the conde nser and trickle
dow n into your jar It will sit atop a bottom layer of w ater! After the last of the oil has come across, change jars and
leave the setup to run for another hour Just to make sure you got it all! Any povidone from the pills will be stuck
behind in the reaction vessel It has been noted that some polymer that may have been left from extraction, may
follow the ste am!

CRYSTALLISATION
So, now w e have a jar of wa ter, with this s we et clear oil sitting on top ! Now options are to add Hcl acid slowly with
stirring until oil layer disappears and then evap the whole lot to get crystals! Or, as I found, you may have some
polymer that ha s come over w ith the ste am and is now sitting in the w ater layer, and it looks cloudy! So I don't wa nt
to e vap all that, it will just concentrate the s hit in there (plus its very time consuming evapping w ate r, plus you risk
losing some meth as the w ater evaps ) So, I think you should just throw a little toluene into jar, and then se perate!
Now your absolutly pure meth freebas e is in your toluene! Now you can either gas , for instant clean meth, or Add
minimal DH2O and then acidify to PH7, shake, seperate and evap water for crystals! repeat this step if you do it this
way, as some more may come in second go!

Now with this process from start to finish, you shouldn't need to re-crystallise As your product should be the cleanest
shit anybody has e ver seen anyway! But you may want to for the purpose of growing nice big crystals! In which case,
add just e nough hot methanol to dissolve all your meth and then place in freez er. The s ecret is, the slower the evap,
the bigger the crystals! So a nice s low room temp evap o ver several days might be fun!

Enjoy, and do not atte mpt anything above, before you completely understand w hat you are doing! You must have a
sound unde rstanding of the basics first!