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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!
 
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> 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:

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> 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? 



  




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