Complete Methamphetamine Synthesis from Pseudoephedrine HCl.

Type: Nagai Reduction.
Product Stereospecificity: Enantiomerically Pure.

This document is for INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SYNTHESIZE METHAMPHETAMINE, OR THE DEA WILL FUCK YOU.

Supplies:
14 grams Pseudoephedrine HCl (google, "Full Turps Cure". This is the extraction procedure from cold medicine).
18 grams elemental Iodine Crystals. (Extracted from Iodine Tincture or bought from chemical supply).
6-7 grams Matchbook Red Phosphorus, *Lab grade: You can use probably 4-5.
Distilled Water (Dh20). Buy this anywhere. Make sure there are no mineral additives. These will contaminate the product.
24/40 (standard) (xxx[x]ml of your choice) Round Bottom Boiling Flask, Florence Flask or other Borosillicate Glassware. DO NOT react in non-heat proof glass ware. Invest in the boiling flask. You are much safer this way.
24/40 Reflux Condenser. (Graham works well.)
Electric hot plate (DO NOT USE A FUCKING OPEN FLAME)
Vegetable Oil.
Oil Thermometer.
Crockpot which will fit your boiling flask / or metal sauce pan
   -NOTE: A crockpot oil bath can be rendered irrelevant if you buy a heating mantle for your RBF, but they aren't cheap. Have fun!
Non Polar Solvent of your choice. Diethyl Ether and Toluene are recommended. Non-purified (distilled) Naptha is nasty for your product, so use VM&P. If you can't get VM&P, google "Distillation" and distill pure Ether from starter fluid.
Rubber Hose -- lots, nice and thin but still strong.
A running source of water.
Sodium Hydroxide (Lye/Drano crystals)
Hydrochloric Acid. (Also called Muriatic Acid [36-45% HCl] Buy it at Walmart or a hardware store.)
PH testing paper / Electronic PH tester.
Various Mason Jars/Eye Droppers/Basters, coffee filters, etc.

Synthesis / Procedure:

1. Prepare an oil bath by placing your crockpot/sauce pan on your hotplate and filling it with vegetable oil.
2. Place an oil thermometer in this oil -- this will be used to monitor your reaction temperatures.
3. Put your Round Bottom Boiling Flask on the oil bath and connect your reflux condenser.
4. Start cold water running through the condenser and verify the integrity of your set up.
5. Add the Iodine to the flask first -- do not turn on the hotplate yet.
6. Add your Pseudoephedrine HCl second.
7. Finally, your MBRP/LGRP (red phosphorus) is added along with approximately 20mL distilled water.
8. You will notice a small increase in gas volume. Your flask will fill with a yellow vapor. This is a good sign that the reactants are starting the reduction.
9. Turn on your hotplate and bring the temperature of your oil to about 200-220*F. It doesn't matter that much, you just want to make sure you don't overheat the Red Phosphorus. It overheats at a VERY high temperature, so generally speaking, your reaction will be safe. Phosphine gas is also NOT emitted.
10. Reflux this mixture on heat at 200-220*F for 24 hours. Monitor the vapor escaping the condenser. Thick or discolored smoke is BAD. Your emissions should be surprisingly low for a meth lab.

q: How do I know when the reaction is done?
a: You will notice your reaction fluid is no longer emitting smaller bubbles. Only the larger bubbles are visible in the flask. You cannot overeact a Nagai Reduction mixture, so reflux for 24 hours and remember: Patience is good!

11. Once complete, pour your reaction fluid off into a secondary vessel -- careful not to pour off your larger chunks of Red Phosphorus. Remember, Red Phosphorus CAN be reused. If your phosphorus is new, your reaction will require less of it. If it has been used before, you might want to up the ratio to the other reagants.
12. You'll want to filter the Red Phosphorus out of your reaction fluid, so run the fluid through (2) coffee filters
13. Once filtered, add Sodium Hydroxide to the fluid until the PH reaches + 12.8 - 14.00. You cannot overbasify Meth. Don't be afraid to really base the shit out of it with your NaOH.
14. Add your Non-Polar solvent to this fluid. It will separate into two laters. The Methamphetamine Freebase will dissolve into the Ether/Toluene/Naptha Layer.
15. Decant/Siphon or Distill this layer into a separate vessel.

======YOU CAN CHOOSE TO GAS YOUR FREEBASE WITH HCL GAS OR SIMPLY ADD HCL TO THE FREEBASE=====
      -The advantages of gassing means you won't have to evaporate water from your product, your meth can be filtered out in seconds and crystallization of the end product is done with pure, lab grade HCl gas.
      -The advantages of using Muriatic Acid means you won't have to set up a complicated HCl gassing apparatus and it's more friendly for newbees.

16. However you choose to do this, add Hydrochloric Acid until the PH of your Freebase drops to +7. This is the point at which your solution will precipitate HCl crystals.
17. If you gassed your fluid, you'll notice crystals form and sink to the bottom of your non-polar solvent.
18. If you simply added HCl acid, your vessel will now contain a water layer and a non-polar layer.
   ---NON POLAR MEANS IT WON'T DISSOLVE IN WATER.
   ---FREEBASE METH WILL DISSOLVE IN A NON POLAR SOLVENT BUT NOT A POLAR SOLVENT.
   ---HCl METH WILL DISSOLVE IN POLAR SOLVENTS BUT NOT NON POLAR SOLVENTS.

19. If you gassed, congratulations. Filter the crystals of Methamphetamine from your vessel.
20. If you used acid, separate the non polar layer, discard and then evaporate the water layer to yield Methamphetamine Hydrochloride.
21. The expected final yield is approximately 12 grams Methamphetamine HCl.
22. Flush your final product down the toilet, as meth is totally illegal and you shouldn't cook it. ;)