oxycodone - oxymorphone conversion

Hiems · 09-15-2005, 02:19 PM

Hello, has anyone tried doing this with success? I remember reading on Rhodium some time ago two different methods on how to demethylate oxycodone to the 10x as potent oxymorphone. One method involved using BBr3 and the other used Methionine, both I think in chlorobenzene. I have been wanting to try this method for a while now, but am having problems finding some chemicals now that I'm not in the O-Chem lab every week. Any suggestions on suppliers of chems or alternate methods would be much appreciated. Also, this will obviously first have to involve purifying OC tablets, I remmember seeing a thread about that here but the search didnt show it up... suggestions? Thanks guys.

09-15-2005, 02:19 PM	#1
Hiems Occasionally Opiated Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 85	oxycodone - oxymorphone conversion Hello, has anyone tried doing this with success? I remember reading on Rhodium some time ago two different methods on how to demethylate oxycodone to the 10x as potent oxymorphone. One method involved using BBr3 and the other used Methionine, both I think in chlorobenzene. I have been wanting to try this method for a while now, but am having problems finding some chemicals now that I'm not in the O-Chem lab every week. Any suggestions on suppliers of chems or alternate methods would be much appreciated. Also, this will obviously first have to involve purifying OC tablets, I remmember seeing a thread about that here but the search didnt show it up... suggestions? Thanks guys.

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