(2 July 2012, 12:03)Timelord Wrote: ...., but the technical highbrow level of that article you linked in was far beyond anyone I would know who might be interested in prepping.
... rate the academic level of the linked article. I know they are not autistic and so their conclusions should be reliable data.

Well, seeing as that paper is part of my day job, I'm interested.
Yes it's a good synthesis but the by-products you'd get from it make it absolutely pointless to do unless you've got a fully stocked and loaded lab and bags of experience. also if you did it, the yield would be abysmal 1-2 % total. There are other better ways of making morphine.
Total synthesis of anything is usually for research, not for making stuff you use- just get a precursor and modify.
All I'm saying openly is codeine and warm vodka.....
Sodomi Non Sapiens.