Just found .6g of codeine (as the phosphate salt).
Quite happy with that. Was doing some tidying up to try and find my antiseizure meds, which seem to have gotten off to fucking christ only KNOWS where, can't find them for love nor money. (I'll be alright, I took two 5mg nitrazepam tablets in the meantime to make sure I don't get into any trouble), and what turns up but a bottle with 600mg of codeine in it. I think I might be able to find a use for that somehow. catalytic hydrogenation to reduce it to dihydrocodeine, after preparation of codeine freebase, followed by selective demethylation of the 6-position methyl ether using 33% anhydrous hydrogen bromide in glacial acetic acid as solvent, to give a very close to quantative yield of 6-monoacetoxydihydromorphine, a MOR full agonist with excellent potency, duration, a most unusually prolonged rush upon IV, and subjectively speaking, one of the most sublime opioids I've ever had.
over 90% yields based on DHC! the remainder being diacetyldihydromorg diacetyldihydromorphine. If that were only run in say, 33% anhydrous hydrogen bromide solution using glacial propionic acid instead of GAAphine. If that were only run in say, 33% anhydrous hydrogen bromide solution using glacial propionic acid instead of GAA, the result of that ought to be something both new and astonishing in quality.
