Subject: Re: Extraction of DMT from Mimosa Hostilis
From: alkaloid@nym.lycaeum.org
Date: August 27, 1997 at 14:38:36
In Reply to: Extraction of DMT from Mimosa Hostilis posted by august@nym.lycaeum.org on August 27, 1997 at 06:52:19:
> Hey fellow Alchemists. Check this out! snip > It has also been expressed that much frustration has been obtained when > trying alkaloid extractions using this material. I find this amazing since what you have presented is a rather simple acid-base extraction. > I have been told that success has been achieved extracting pure white > crystals rather easily recently. The procedure is as follows: snip > Extract into the non-polar solvent three times (the magic number.) > Two layers form, so separate the layers keeping the solvent for > evaporation, distillation or Upon evaporation in a pyrex dish, or > whatever, nice circular white needles are formed May I suggest as an alternative to evaporation of the entire volume of non-polar that instead a stream of dry HCL gas is passed into the non-polar to precipitate the hydrochloride which can be isolated by decanting or filtration and then evaporation of the little non-polar still clinging to the salt?