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Making Methcathinone
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by Anonymous
Ok, this has got to be the easiest drug made at home (by far). This is very
similar to methamphetamine in structure, effect, and use. Typical doses
start at 20mg up to 60mg. Start low, go slow. Cat can be taken orally (add
10 mg) or through mucous membranes (nasally).
Ingredients:
Diet pills, or bronchodilator pills (1000 ea) containing 25mg ephedrine.
Potassium chromate, or dichromate (easily gotten from chem lab. orange/red)
Conc. Sulfuric acid - it's up to you where you get this. Contact me if you
need help locating it.
Hydrochloric acid or Muriatic acid - Pool supply stores, hardware stores, it
is used for cleaning concrete.
Sodium Hydroxide - Hardware stores. AKA lye.
Toluene - Hardware store, paint store.
Lab equipment:
1 liter, 3 neck flask - get it from school or Edmund's Scientific ($20.00)
125 mL separatory funnel - same as above
glass tubing - same as above
Buchner funnel - This is a hard to find item, but must schools have at least
one. They are usually white porcelain or plastic. They look
like a funnel with a flat disk in the bottom with lots of
holes in it. If you need one, arrangements can be made.
Aspirator or vacuum pump - Any lab-ware supply catalog, about $10.00
References to Edmund's Scientific Co, in NJ, are accurate. You have to go
to their "Lab Surplus/Mad Scientist" room. The prices are incredible.
This place is definitely a recommended stopping sight for anybody going
through New Jersey. It is located in "Barrington", about 30 minutes from
center city Philadelphia.
All of the above can be purchased from "The Al-Chymist". Their number is
(619)948-4150. Their address is: 17525 Alder #49
Hesperia, Ca 92345
Call and ask for a catalog.
That's it. The body of this article is stolen from the third edition of
"Secrets of Methamphetamine Manufacture" by Uncle Fester. This is a tried
and proven method by many people. If you want a copy of this book, contact
me.
Good luck and keep away from the DEA
M E T H C A T H I N O N E
K I T C H E N I M P R O V I E S E D C R A N K
The latest designer variant upon the amphetamine molecule to gain
popularity and publicity is methcathinone, commonly called cat. This
substance is remarkably similar to the active ingredient found in the
leaves of the khat tree which the loyal drug warriors on the network news
blame for turning peace loving Somalis into murderous psychopaths. The
active ingredient in the khat leaves is cathinone, which has the same
structural relationship to methcathinone that amphetamine has to
methamphetamine. It is made by oxidizing ephedrine, while meth can be
made by reducing ephedrine.
The high produced by methcathinone is in many ways similar to
methamphetamine. For something so easily made and purified, it is
actually quite enjoyable. the main differences between the meth high and
the methcathinone high are length of action and body fell. With
methcathinone, one can expect to still get to sleep about 8 hours after a
large dose. On the down side, it definitely gives me the impression that
the substance raises the blood pressure quite markedly. This drug may not
be safe for people with weak hearts of blood vessels. Be warned!
Cat is best made using chrome in the +6 oxidation state as the
oxidizer. I recall seeing an article in the narco swine's Journal of
Forensic Science bragging about how they worked out a method for making it
using permanganate, but that method gives an impure product in low yields.
Any of the common hexavalent chrome salts can be used as the oxidizer in
this reaction. This list include chrome trioxide (CrO3), sodium or
potassium chromate (Na2CrO4), and sodium or potassium dichromate
(Na2Cr2O7). All of these chemicals are very common. Chrome trioxide is
used in great quantities in chrome plating. The chromates are used in
tanning and leather making.
To make methcathinone, the chemist starts with the water extract of
ephedrine pills. The concentration of the reactants in this case is not
critically important, so it is most convenient to use the water extract of
the pills directly after filtering without any boiling away of the water.
See the section at the beginning of Chapter 15 [I included this at the end
of the file] on extracting ephedrine form pills. Both ephedrine
hydrochloride and sulfate can be used in this reaction.
The water extract of 1000 ephedrine pills is placed into any
convenient glass container. A large measuring cup is probably best since
it has a pouring lip. Next, 75 grams of any of the above mentioned +6
chrome compounds are added. They dissolve quite easily to form a reddish
or orange colored solution. Finally, concentrated sulfuric acid is added.
If CrO3 is being used, 21 mL is enough for the job. If one of the
chromates is being used, 42 mL is called for. These ingredients are
thoroughly mixed together, and allowed to sit for several hours with
occasional stirring.
After several hours have passed, lye solution is added to the batch
until it is strongly basic. Very strong stirring accompanies this process
to ensure that the cat is converted to the free base. Next, the batch is
poured into a sep funnel, and a couple hundred mLs of toluene is added.
Vigorous shaking, as usual, extracts the cat into the toluene layer. It
should be clear to pale yellow in color. The water layer should be orange
mixed with green. The green may settle out as a heavy sludge. The water
layer is thrown away, and the toluene layer containing the cat is washed
once with water, then poured into a beaker. Dry HCl gas is passed through
the toluene as described in Chapter 5 [I included this at the end of the file]
to get white crystals of cat. The yield is between 15 and 20
grams. This reaction is scaled up quite easily.
CHAPTER 15 (part of it anyway)
P R O C E D U R E F O R O B T A I N I N G P U R E E P H E D R I N E
F R O M S T I M U L A N T P I L L S
In the present chemical supply environment, the best routes for making
meth start with ephedrine as the raw material. To use these routes, a
serious hurdle must first be overcome. This hurdle is the fact that the
most easily obtained source of ephedrine, the so-called stimulant or
bronchodilator pills available cheaply by mail order, are a far cry from
the pure starting material a quality minded chemist craves. Luckily,
there is a simple and very low profile method for separating the fillers
in these pills from the desired active ingredient they contain.
A superficial paging through many popular magazines[New Body is where
I found it at GNC] reveals them to be brim full of ads
from mail order outfits offering for sale "stimulant" or "bronchodilator"
pills. These are the raw materials today's clandestine operator requires
to manufacture meth without detection. The crank maker can hide amongst
the huge herd of people who order these pills for the irritating and
nauseating high that can be had by eating them as is. I have heard of a
few cases where search warrants were obtained against people who ordered
very large numbers of these pills, but I would think that orders of up to
a few thousand pills would pass unnoticed. If larger numbers are
required, maybe one's friends could join in the effort.
The first thing one notices when scanning these ads is the large
variety of pills offered for sale. When one's purpose is to convert them
into methamphetamine, it is very easy to eliminate most of the pills
offered for sale. Colored pills are automatically rejected because one
does not want the coloring to be carried into the product. Similarly,
capsules are rejected because individually cutting open capsules is just
too much work. Bulky pills are to be avoided because they contain too much
filler. The correct choice is white cross thins, preferably containing
ephedrine HCl instead of sulfate, because the HCl salt can be used in more
of the reduction routes than can the sulfate.
Once the desired supply of pills is in hand, the first thing which
should be done is to weigh them. This will give the manufacturer an idea
of how much of the pills is filler, and how much is active ingredient.
Since each pill contains 25 milligrams of ephedrine HCl, a 1000 lot bottle
contains 25 grams of active ingredient. A good brand of white cross thins
will be around 33% to 40% active ingredient. 25 grams of ephedrine HCl
may not sound like much, but if it is all recovered from these pills, it
is enough to make from 1/2 to 3/4 ounce of pure meth. This is worth three
or four thousand dollars, not a bad return on the twenty odd dollars a
thousand lot of such pills costs. [I don't know where he got 3 or 4
thousand dollars from, but the pills go for about $35.00/1000 now. 2
months ago they were $25.00 but now they have to do more paper work
because it is a DEA controlled substance]
To extract the ephedrine from the pills, the first thing which must be
done is to grind them into a fine powder. This pulverization must be
thorough in order to ensure complete extraction of the ephedrine form the
filler matrix in which it is bound. A blender does a fine job of this
procedure, as will certain brands of home coffee grinders.
Next, the powder from 1000 pills is put into a glass beaker, or other
similar container having a pouring lip, and about 300 mL of distilled
water is added. Gentle heat is then applied to the beaker, as for example
on a stove burner, and with steady stirring the contents of the beaker are
slowly brought up to a gentle boil. It is necessary to stir constantly
because of the fillers will settle to the bottom of the beaker and cause
burning if not steadily stirred.
Once the contents of the beaker have been brought to a boil, it is
removed from the heat and allowed to settle. Then the water is poured out
of the beaker through a piece of filter paper. The filtered water should
be absolutely clear. Next, another 50 mL of water is added to the pill
filler sludge, and it too is heated with stirring. Finally, the pill
sludge is poured into the filter, and the water it contains is allowed to
filter through. It too should be absolutely clear, and should be mixed in
with the first extract. A little water may be poured over the top of the
filler sludge to get the last of the ephedrine out of it. This sludge
should be nearly tasteless, and gritty in texture. The water extract
should taste very bitter, as it contains the ephedrine.
The filtered water is now returned to the stove burner, and half of
the water it contains is gently boiled away. Once this much water has
been boiled off, precautions should be taken to avoid burning the
ephedrine. The best alternative is to evaporate the water off under a
vacuum. If this is not practical with the equipment on hand, the water
may be poured into a glass baking dish. This dish is then put into the
oven with the door cracked open, and the lowest heat applied. In no time
at all, dry crystals of ephedrine HCl can be scraped out of the baking
dish with a razor blade. The serious kitchen experimenter may wish to
further dry them in a microwave.
Chapter 5 (The part about the HCl gas)
A source of anhydrous hydrogen chloride gas is now needed. The
chemist will generate his own. The glassware is set up as in Figure 1.
He will have to bend another piece of glass tubing to the shape shown. It
should start out about 18 inches long. One end of it should be pushed
through a one hole stopper. A 125 mL sep funnel is the best size. The
stoppers and joints must be tight, since pressure must develop inside this
flask to force the hydrogen chloride gas out through the tubing as it is
generated.
Into the 1000 mL, three-necked flask is placed 200 grams of table
salt. Then 25% concentrated hydrochloric acid is added to this flask until
it reaches the level shown in the figure. The hydrochloric acid must be
of laboratory grade [I use regular muriatic acid for pools].
Figure 1:
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Some concentrated sulfuric acid (96-98%) is put into the sep funnel
and the spigot turned so that 1 mL of concentrated sulfuric acid flows
into the flask. It dehydrates the hydrochloric acid and produces hydrogen
chloride gas. This gas is then forced by pressure through the glass
tubing.
One of the Erlenmeyer flasks containing methamphetamine in solvent is
placed so that the glass tubing extends into the methamphetamine, almost
reaching the bottom of the flask. Dripping in more sulfuric acid as
needed keeps the flow of gas going to the methamphetamine. If the flow if
gas is not maintained, the methamphetamine may solidify inside the glass
tubing, plugging it up.
Within a minute of bubbling, white crystals begin to appear in the
solution, More and more of them appear as the process continues. It is an
awe-inspiring sight. In a few minutes, the solution becomes as thick as
watery oatmeal.
It is now time to filter out the crystals, which is a two man job.
The flask with the crystals in it is removed from the HCl source and
temporarily set aside. The three-necked flask is swirled a little to
spread around the sulfuric acid and then the other Erlenmeyer flask is
subjected to a bubbling with HCl. While this flask is being bubbled, the
crystals already in the other flask are filtered out.
The filtering flask and Buchner funnel are set up as shown in figure
2. The drain stem of the buchner funnel extends all the way through the
rubber stopper, because methamphetamine has a nasty tendency to dissolve
rubber stoppers. This would color the product black. A piece of filter
paper covers the flat bottom of the Buchner funnel. The vacuum is turned
on and the hose attached to the vacuum nipple. Then the crystals are
poured into the Buchner funnel. The solvent and uncrystallized
methamphetamine pass through the filter paper and the crystals stay in the
Buchner funnel as a solid cake. About 15 mL of solvent is poured into the
Erlenmeyer flask. the top of the flask is covered with the palm and it is
shaken to suspend the crystals left clinging to the sides. This is also
poured into the Buchner funnel. Finally, another 15 mL of solvent is
poured over the top of the filter cake.
Figure 2:
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Now the vacuum hose is disconnected and the Buchner funnel, stopper
and all, is pulled from the filtering flask. All of the filtered solvent
is poured back into the erlenmeyer flask it came from. It is returned to
the HCl source for more bubbling. The Buchner funnel is put back into the
top of the filtering flask. It still contains the filter cake of
methamphetamine crystals. It will now be dried out a little bit. The
vacuum is turned back on, the vacuum hose is attached to the filtering
flask, and the top of the Buchner funnel is covered with the palm or
section of latex rubber glove. The vacuum builds and removes most of the
solvent from the filter cake. This takes about 60 seconds. The filter
cake can now be dumped out onto a glass or China plate (not plastic) by
tipping the Buchner funnel upside-down and tapping it gently on the plate.
And so, the filtering process continues, one flask being filtered
while the other one is being bubbled with HCl. Solvent is added to the
Erlenmeyer flask to keep their volumes at 300 mL. Eventually, after each
flask has been bubbled for about seven times, no more crystal will come
out and the underground chemist is finished.
If ether was used as the solvent, the filter cakes on the plates will
be nearly dry now. With a knife from the silverware drawer, the cakes are
cut into eighths. They are allowed to dry out some more then chopped up
into powder. If benzene was used, this process takes longer. Heat lamps
may be used to speed up this drying, but no stronger heat source.
[The above section of chapter 5 is talking about methamphetamine. You
could, in most instances, substitute the word methcathinone, but I wanted
to present the text to you in its exact form.]