I can't believe I just read through all this, but the other thread got me interested. So, aside from the fact that nobody with zero prior chemistry knowledge claims to have made MDMA from the guide (the only claim I saw was from Limetless, but that was a skilled chemist), I'm wondering why anyone would do this, unless you plan to go large scale. It seems like a lot of work and money to synth drugs for your personal use, or just to sell small amounts. There's a reason why we specialize in modern society. It's efficient to do so, and in many cases it's only profitable to do something in large scale. Why not leave the experts to making it and spend your time and money on enjoying it. People are already making this at industrial scale, and the stuff on SR isn't adulterated with meth and bullshit like pressed pills used to be, so I'm wondering what the motivation is. Just a fun challenge.... that might land in prison for years? BTW, here's a great site for (text)books: http://libgen.org You can download over Tor, so it's safer that torrents. I found that Vogel book that's mentioned on the second page, although it's called Practical Organic Chemistry, not Organic Synthesis. Already had the Zubrick book (also from that site).