a.floribunda phyllode tek
An acid simmer with vinegar was done x3, 45mins each. pH 5 solution.
Filtered then combined and simmered to 5-600ml
Based with lye to pH 12-14
Left to react
75ml of toluene added , jar shook up and left to settle, table salt used to clean emulsion.
np decanted off
Salted with roughly 30ml of pH 5 water/acetic acid solution
Np decanted and returned to main jar
vinegar/alkaloid solution evapped to 25ml
Poured into glass baking dish and sodium carbonate added , pH 11-12 reached.
Paste mixed up thoroughly. Took on a lovely indolic smell.
Dried on oil heater and crushed up with a knife and the bottom of a glass.
Put in tumbler and acetone added. Acetone pipetted away.
To be evaporated. Fingers crossed.