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New Fent Synthesis
New Fent Synthesis
I found a nice procedure [see: JACS (1948) vol 70 p 1820] for the synthesis of 1-
methyl-4-piperidone. I guess this procedure will also work if you you use
phenethylamine (which is already a liquid) instead of liquefied methylamine. Then,
we'll get 1-phenethyl-4-piperidone.
Synthesis of methyl-di-(beta-carbethoxyethyl)-amine
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A cooled one-liter reaction bomb was filled with 432 ml. (400 g.) of ethyl acrylate
(containing 0.25 % hydroquinone inhibitor) and 86 ml. (62 g.) of liquefied
methylamine (we use phenethylamine). Crystallization occured upon stirring these
chilled reactants. The covor was quickly secured since the temperature rose to
around 80 �C within five minutes. The reaction vessel was heated in a water-bath
at 60-70 �C for one hour. The bomb was cooled, opened, and the reaction mixture
distilled. The fraction boiling at 110-119 �C (mainly at 118-119 �C) at 0.5 mm was
methyl-di(beta-carbethoxyethyl)-amine; it weighed 367 �C
Synthesis of 1-methyl-4-piperidone
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If you intend to make something as poisonous as fentanyl, you probabilly don't care
about playing with benzene. But for those who care about their health, the
cyclization of methyl-di-(beta-carbethoxyethyl)-amine can also be done with sodium
ethoxide (yield = 80 %) See: JACS (1933) vol 55 p 1233