LIST OF DRUG PRECURSORS:

DEA List #1 Chemicals:  You will probably be asked for additional information when you try to order these.

(1)  Anthranilic acid, its esters, and its salts

(2)  Benzyl cyanide

(3)  Ephedrine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of optical isomers

(4)  Ergonovine and its salts

(5)  Ergotamine and its salts

(6)  N-Acetylanthranilic acid, its esters, and its salts

(7)  Norpseudoephedrine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of optical isomers

(8)  Phenylacetic acid, its esters, and its salts

(9)  Phenylpropanolamine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of optical isomers

(10) Piperidine and its salts

(11) Pseudoephedrine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of optical 
isomers

(12) 3,4-Methylenedioxyphenyl-2-propanone

(13) Methylamine and its salts

(14) Ethylamine and its salts

(15) Propionic anhydride

(16) Isosafrole

(17) Safrole

(18) Piperonal

(19) N-Methylephedrine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of optical 
isomers (N-Methylephedrine)

(20) N-Methylpseudoephedrine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of optical isomers

(21) Hydriodic Acid

(22) Benzaldehyde

(23) Nitroethane

(24) Gamma-Butyrolactone (Other names include: GBL; Dihydro-2 (3H)-furanone; 1,2-Butanolide; 1,4-Butanolide; 4-Hydroxybutanoic acid lactone; gamma-hydroxybutyric acid lactone)

(25) Red Phosphorus

(26) White phosphorus (Other names: Yellow Phosphorus) 

(27) Hypophosphorous acid and its salts
(including ammonium hypophosphite, 
calcium hypophosphite, 
iron hypophosphite, 
potassium hypophosphite
manganese hypophosphite
magnesium hypophosphite
and sodium hypophosphite

DEA List #2 chemicals: You could also encounter difficulties when you order one of the more common chemicals below. If so, contact Joyce Kunishima of Chemistry if you are a member of the Chemistry Department, or CNSM Safety if you are a member of another department.  

(1) Acetic anhydride

(2) Acetone

(3) Benzyl chloride

(4) Ethyl ether

(5) Potassium permanganate

(6) 2-Butanone (or Methyl Ethyl Ketone or MEK)

(7) Toluene

(8) Hydrochloric acid (including anhydrous hydrogen chloride)

(9) Sulfuric acid

(10) Methyl Isobutyl Ketone (MIBK)

(11) Iodine

Health & Safety Code (SEC 1, section 11100) listed precursor chemicals: Many vendors such as Fisher Scientific no longer sell these items (some on this list overlap with the DEA List #1 above): .

(1) Phenyl-2-propanone.

(2) Methylamine.

(3) Ethylamine.

(4) D-lysergic acid.

(5) Diethyl malonate.

(6) Ergotamine tartrate.

(7) Malonic acid.

(8) Ethyl malonate.

(9) Barbituric acid.

(10) Piperidine.

(11) N-acetylanthranilic acid.

(12) Pyrrolidine.

(13) Phenylacetic acid.

(14) Anthranilic acid.

(15) Morpholine.

(16) Ephedrine.

(17) Pseudoephedrine.

(18) Norpseudoephedrine.

(19) Phenylpropanolamine.

(20) Propionic anhydride.

(21) Isosafrole.

(22) Safrole.

(23) Piperonal.

(24) Thionylchloride.

(25) Benzyl cyanide.

(26) Ergonovine maleate.

(27) N-methylephedrine.

(28) N-ethylephedrine.

(29) N-methylpseudoephedrine.

(30) N-ethylpseudoephedrine.

(31) Chloroephedrine.

(32) Chloropseudoephedrine.

(33) Hydriodic acid.

(34) Gamma-butyrolactone, including butyrolactone; butyrolactone gamma; 4-butyrolactone; 2(3H)-furanone dihydro; dihydro-2 (3H)-furanone; tetrahydro-2-furanone; 1,2-butanolide; 1,4 butanolide; 4-butanolide; gamma-hydroxybutyric acid lactone; 3-hydroxybutyric acid lactone and 4-hydroxbutanoic acid lactone with Chemical Abstract Service number (96-48-0).

(35) 1,4-butanediol, including butanediol, butane-1,4-diol; 1,4-butylene glycol; butylene glycol; 1,4 -dihydroxbutane; 1,4-tetramethylene glycol; tetramethylene glycol; tetramethylene 1,4-diol with Chemical Abstract Service number (110-63-4).

(36) Red phosphorous, including white phosphorous, hypophosphorous acid and its salts, ammonium hypophosphite, calcium hypophosphite, iron hypophosphite, potassium hypophosphite, manganese hypophosphite, magnesium hypophosphite, and sodium hypophosphite.

SEC. 6 Section 11107.1 of the Health and Safety Code: The items below are not as regulated and are still available from vendors such as Fisher Scientific. However, purchasing these requires two forms of identification, one of which can be a DEA registration number (available from CNSM Safety or Joyce Kunishima).

acetic anhydride

bromobenzene

cyclohexanone

dichlorodifluoromethane

hydrogen chloride gas

iodine

lead acetate

magnesium turnings

mercuric chloride

paladium black

potassium cyanide

sodium acetate

sodium cyanide

sodium metal

trichlorofluoromethane (fluorotrichloromethane)

1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane (trichlorotrifluoroethane)