Synthesis of dextroamphetamine sulfate and methamphetamine hydrochloride from D‐phenylalanine

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Article

Publication Date

1-1-1978

Department

Department of Chemistry; Department of Chemical Engineering

Abstract

Starting from D‐phenylalanine, dextroamphetamine sulfate and methamphetamine hydrochloride were synthesized. The reaction sequence proceeds through three intermediates, in which the absolute configuration of the asymmetric carbon atom is changed but the relative configuration remains the same. Either product can be obtained from a common intermediate by altering the reductive conditions employed for the removal of a carbamate protecting group.

Publisher's Statement

Copyright © 1978 Wiley‐Liss, Inc., A Wiley Company. Publisher’s version of record: https://doi.org/10.1002/jps.2600670838

Publication Title

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

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