He's making pyrimethamine (DARAPRIM), the aids drug that got a price increase. He wishes to prove how simply it can be created. According to the news, the original cost was $13.50 a pill, increased to $750, then lowered to $375 recently. Apparently it is available overseas at $.66 per pill. My research shows 25-200mg dosage, I'm unsure what mg dosage the prices found are for.
I found information on the drug, its uses and synthesis here <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=tUSLclf_NoQC&pg=PA437&dq=pyrimethamine+propionic+acid&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjmpumttt7JAhVCx2MKHcYFCWgQ6AEIJjAA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=tUSLclf_NoQC&pg=PA437&dq=pyrimethamine+propionic+acid&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjmpumttt7JAhVCx2MKHcYFCWgQ6AEIJjAA</a>#v=onepage&q=pyrimethamine&f=false
2015-12-15 17:56:42 +0000 UTC
What is Ethyl Propionate for ? The wikipedia page is only two lines. I suppose it's good for one specific thing you're making and isn't some general use chemical ?
