In a 500ml wide-mouthed Erlenmeyer flask, aluminum foil (10g, 0.37 mol) cut to 3x3cm pieces was amalgamated in a solution of 200 mg HgCl2 in 400 ml warm water until the solution became greyish, and hydrogen bubbles was evolved in a steady rate from the aluminum surface. The water was decanted, and the amalgamated aluminum pieces were washed twice with 250ml cold water.
To the aluminum amalgam (still in the above flask) there was added, quickly, a 40% Methylamine solution (43 mL, 0.50 mol), isopropanol (100 mL), Phenyl-2-Propanone (13.42g, 0.10 mol), and finally another 100 mL isopropanol (which was used to rinse the beaker the P2P had been in). The aluminum pieces were poked with a glass rod so that all of them were below the surface of the liquid. Hydrogen began to evolve vigorously from the aluminum surface, and the temperature (which was measured by a small thermometer inserted into the flask) rose quickly. The evaporation of methylamine was attenuated by covering the mouth of the flask with some Al foil (do not plug it tight, or it may explode), and the reaction rate was controlled by immersing the reaction flask in cold water from time to time during the first hour so that the temperature did not rise over 50°C. At the 2 hour point most of the aluminum was consumed, and 20 mL 25% aqueous NaOH was added to the solution and magnetic stirring was initiated (keep an eye on the temperature again, and keep it below 50°C). At the 3 hour point another 20 mL 25% NaOH was added (no significant temp rise), whereafter it was allowed to stir at room temp overnight and then allowed to settle.
The clear supernatant was decanted, 100ml isopropanol was added to the grey sludge, it was stirred for another hour, and the supernatant again decanted after the particle suspension had settled. The aluminum sludge at the bottom of the flask was now vacuum filtered through an inch of Celite in a buchner funnel and washed with 2 x 50 mL methanol. All the decantations and washes were combined, and the solution concentrated under vacuum.
The residue was taken up in 300 mL water, acidified with conc. HCl, washed with 3x50ml methylene chloride, basified with 25% NaOH, and extracted with 3x100ml ethyl acetate. The combined organic extracts were washed with 75ml brine, followed by drying over anhydrous sodium sulfate with good magnetic stirring for 15 min. The drying agent was removed by filtration from the crystal-clear solution and the solvent distilled off on an oil-bath heated to no more than 110°C (as to not risk any evaporation of the freebase). The residue was taken up in 150 mL diethyl ether and with good stirring a solution of 5M HCl in isopropanol was added until the solution was acid to dampened universal pH paper. The precipitate was filtered off with suction using a fritted glass funnel and the filter cake was washed with 2 x 50 mL ether and sucked dry. After air-drying overnight on a plate, the crude product (13.6 g) still had a strong solvent smell, and was recrystallized by dissolving it in 65 mL acetonitrile (5 mL/gram), and quickly vacuum filtering the hot solution through a fritted glass funnel to remove a slight turbidity, and the solution was then left at room temp to crystallize, and after about an hour the white crystalline precipitate was filtered with suction, washed with 2 x 25 mL ether and air dried. The filtrate and ether washes (collected separately) were both cooled to -20°C in the freezer, and from the acetonitrile a second crop was collected, while nothing came out of the ether.
In a 500ml wide-mouthed Erlenmeyer flask, aluminum foil (10g, 0.37 mol) cut to 3x3cm pieces was amalgamated in a solution of 200 mg HgCl2 in 400 ml warm water until the solution became greyish, and hydrogen bubbles was evolved in a steady rate from the aluminum surface. The water was decanted, and the amalgamated aluminum pieces were washed twice with 250ml cold water.
To the aluminum amalgam (still in the above flask) there was added, quickly, a 40% Methylamine solution (43 mL, 0.50 mol), isopropanol (100 mL), Phenyl-2-Propanone (13.42g, 0.10 mol), and finally another 100 mL isopropanol (which was used to rinse the beaker the P2P had been in). The aluminum pieces were poked with a glass rod so that all of them were below the surface of the liquid. Hydrogen began to evolve vigorously from the aluminum surface, and the temperature (which was measured by a small thermometer inserted into the flask) rose quickly. The evaporation of methylamine was attenuated by covering the mouth of the flask with some Al foil (do not plug it tight, or it may explode), and the reaction rate was controlled by immersing the reaction flask in cold water from time to time during the first hour so that the temperature did not rise over 50°C. At the 2 hour point most of the aluminum was consumed, and 20 mL 25% aqueous NaOH was added to the solution and magnetic stirring was initiated (keep an eye on the temperature again, and keep it below 50°C). At the 3 hour point another 20 mL 25% NaOH was added (no significant temp rise), whereafter it was allowed to stir at room temp overnight and then allowed to settle.
The clear supernatant was decanted, 100ml isopropanol was added to the grey sludge, it was stirred for another hour, and the supernatant again decanted after the particle suspension had settled. The aluminum sludge at the bottom of the flask was now vacuum filtered through an inch of Celite in a buchner funnel and washed with 2 x 50 mL methanol. All the decantations and washes were combined, and the solution concentrated under vacuum.
The residue was taken up in 300 mL water, acidified with conc. HCl, washed with 3x50ml methylene chloride, basified with 25% NaOH, and extracted with 3x100ml ethyl acetate. The combined organic extracts were washed with 75ml brine, followed by drying over anhydrous sodium sulfate with good magnetic stirring for 15 min. The drying agent was removed by filtration from the crystal-clear solution and the solvent distilled off on an oil-bath heated to no more than 110°C (as to not risk any evaporation of the freebase). The residue was taken up in 150 mL diethyl ether and with good stirring a solution of 5M HCl in isopropanol was added until the solution was acid to dampened universal pH paper. The precipitate was filtered off with suction using a fritted glass funnel and the filter cake was washed with 2 x 50 mL ether and sucked dry. After air-drying overnight on a plate, the crude product (13.6 g) still had a strong solvent smell, and was recrystallized by dissolving it in 65 mL acetonitrile (5 mL/gram), and quickly vacuum filtering the hot solution through a fritted glass funnel to remove a slight turbidity, and the solution was then left at room temp to crystallize, and after about an hour the white crystalline precipitate was filtered with suction, washed with 2 x 25 mL ether and air dried. The filtrate and ether washes (collected separately) were both cooled to -20°C in the freezer, and from the acetonitrile a second crop was collected, while nothing came out of the ether.
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