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Interesting to hear that about nicotine.
It makes you wonder how one would tell the difference between the occurrence of a nicotine/water azeotrope, vs steam distillation of nicotine from a water mixture. That is, I'm happy to bet my house and car that you can steam distill nicotine from an aqueous solution. The difference here is that, in the receiving flask, nicotine will be sitting on top of the water layer, unlike an azeotrope.
None the less, formation of azeotropes is largely a function of volatility, and volatility of nicotine is going to be sufficiently greater than that of acetyl nmt.

On a side note, on my to do list is the attempted steam distillation of Dmt.
Imagine this;
Put bark in a flask, add 2-3M naoh and set up still head and condenser. Distill. Keep adding water to flask as needed. Receiving flask contains water with largely dmt on top.
It's been talked about, but never attempted as far as I know.
Some indoles can be steam distilled, I know that much. Sorry, off topic.

<blockquote data-quote="leratiomyces" data-source="post: 3601571" data-attributes="member: 36159">Interesting to hear that about nicotine.It makes you wonder how one would tell the difference between the occurrence&nbsp; of a nicotine/water azeotrope, vs steam distillation of nicotine from a water mixture.&nbsp; That is, I&#039;m happy to bet my house and car that you can steam distill nicotine from an aqueous solution.&nbsp; The difference here is that, in the receiving flask, nicotine will be sitting on top of the water layer, unlike an azeotrope.None the less, formation of azeotropes is largely a function of volatility, and volatility of nicotine is going to be sufficiently greater than that of acetyl nmt.On a side note, on my to do list is the attempted steam distillation of Dmt.&nbsp; Imagine this;Put bark in a flask, add 2-3M naoh and set up still head and condenser.&nbsp; Distill.&nbsp; Keep adding water to flask as needed.&nbsp; Receiving flask contains water with largely dmt on top.It&#039;s been talked about, but never attempted as far as I know.Some indoles can be steam distilled, I know that much.&nbsp; Sorry, off topic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="leratiomyces, post: 3601571, member: 36159"] Interesting to hear that about nicotine. It makes you wonder how one would tell the difference between the occurrence of a nicotine/water azeotrope, vs steam distillation of nicotine from a water mixture. That is, I'm happy to bet my house and car that you can steam distill nicotine from an aqueous solution. The difference here is that, in the receiving flask, nicotine will be sitting on top of the water layer, unlike an azeotrope. None the less, formation of azeotropes is largely a function of volatility, and volatility of nicotine is going to be sufficiently greater than that of acetyl nmt. On a side note, on my to do list is the attempted steam distillation of Dmt. Imagine this; Put bark in a flask, add 2-3M naoh and set up still head and condenser. Distill. Keep adding water to flask as needed. Receiving flask contains water with largely dmt on top. It's been talked about, but never attempted as far as I know. Some indoles can be steam distilled, I know that much. Sorry, off topic. [/QUOTE]