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Originally Posted by Chiefspants
From my (very limited) knowledge of chemicals, I thought that ANY chemical purchased at the level required to run a worldwide meth empire would have quickly attracted scrutiny from the federal government.
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They stole a total of 1000 gallons of methylamine.
Ammonia in a methanol solvent is what you would need (at least, it'd be the easiest). Both chemicals are available.
Also, if we watch the show, we're supposed to believe that methylamine is tough to come by, but that Walt has no problem procuring phenylacetone for his P2P cook. However, phenylacetone is also a controlled precursor.
So, either Walt is able to procure one Schedule I precursor but not another, or he can synthesize phenylacetone, but not methylamine.
Honestly, they probably did it so the show wasn't a how-to on meth-manufacture and for dramatic license.