Subject: Re: Extraction of DMT from Mimosa Hostilis
From: august@nym.lycaeum.org
Date: August 27, 1997 at 16:02:44
In Reply to: Re: Extraction of DMT from Mimosa Hostilis posted by alkaloid@nym.lycaeum.org on August 27, 1997 at 14:38:36:
> > 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? > > > > Let me see... that would be probably beyond the scope of most kitchen chemists, maybe not if you could clarify the procedure of producing and bubbling the hcl gas. Another thought is wouldn't that result in the DMT hcl, instead of vaporizable freebase DMT? In response to the difficulties, I believe it was the emulsion layer that was giving most of the previous problems with the M.h. extraction. The alkaloids seemed to be locked up in that gel emulsion. I believe that the pH was not extreme enough in these attempts. Most people were under the impression that the extreme pH would destroy the alkaloids, but this does not seem to be the case, as my informant demostrated. peace, august