> Wouldn't they just use phenylalanine?
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> PAA {PHENYLALANINE}was theorized by fesrtter {uncle fester; WHO BEGAT
> MANY OF US}to yeild 33%% amp {biphetimine 50%% DEX 50%% LEVO ISOMER; BRAND
> NAME BENZEDRINE}using the kobe xform;' {DO A SEARCH ON KOBE TRANSFORM
> ON THE HIVE; IT IS A WAY OF REPLACING -COOH GROUPS ON SMALL ORGANICS
> WITH ANOTHEWR ITEM; IN THIS CASE -ch3 TO YEILD AMPHETIMINE FROM paa}
> anything else is a 5-6 step process;

>From "Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry", by Albert J. Fry, yr 1972