Stage 1 Synthesis of piperonal
Extraction of piperine from black pepper has been demonstrated previously.
Starting reagents and materials
5 g recrystallized piperine
100 + 50 ml THF
10 g Potassium permanganate + 200-300 ml water
800-1000 ml DCM
50-100 g anhydrous sodium sulfate
25 ml EtOH...
Fig 1
Starting Reagents and Materials
10 g piperine on filters
250-300 ml EtOH 88%
50 ml EtOH 40%
Beakers
Filter paper
Funnel
Heater
Piperine Recrystallization
Piperine is scraped into a glass Fig 2
Fig 2
Ethanol is added to piperine at heating to 40-50℃ Fig 3
Fig 3
Ethanol should turn...
Introduction
There is simple piperine extraction method from black paper. Piperine can be used as several step precursor for MDMA synthesis.
Reagents:
Ground black pepper 300 g;
Ethanol 616 ml (88%);
Potassium hydroxide (KOH) 24 g;
Distilled water ~1 L;
Equipment and glassware:
Soxhlet...