I had something much larger typed up, but I'll be honest, it's been a number of years since I studied and my chemistry is a bit rusty. From what I seem to remem

I had something much larger typed up, but I'll be honest, it's been a number of years since I studied and my chemistry is a bit rusty. From what I seem to remember, I would've thought the apomorphine rearrangement would be more likely to prevail in the conditions given from a RP/I2 reaction, but I'm possibly completely off-base now (see above: rusty!). I'd be super curious to see whether anyone has properly analysed what comes out of that reaction, and what those addicts are putting into their veins (aside from horrendous toxic byproducts). The reaction method makes some sense, but reactions with opiates are typically finicky, so I've always been skeptical of these reports. I'd expect desomorphine to be present, yes, but in trace amounts at best (along with morphine and other byproducts)!