Making a Red Bull Patented Stimulant (and trying it)

Correction: Cumene hydroperoxide structure is wrong (Chemdraw name to structure conversion issue), it should have the hydroperoxide attached to the alkyl.

Synthesis:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acso...

Patent:
https://patentimages.storage.googleap...

Sharpless literature:
https://www.thieme-connect.de/product...
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/cr04...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10....

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