ChemicalEudaemonia
Rising Star
A distant friend of mine was forced against his will by a bunch of evil hippies to extract DMT from 1/2 lb (228 grams) of HQ MHIRB. The extraction they wanted him to do was a crude A/B VM&P naptha pull, speed evap'd over a few days. This yielded a deep yellowish and semi-crystalline (lots of oil) substance. In attempt to purify the product to please his assailants another naptha separation was done and speed evaporated once more. This yielded a slightly less yellowish substance but the majority of it was oil this time but with clear-yellowish crystals struggling to form on the outer portion. When his captors smoked this oil substance they were greeted with a VERY displeasing smoke that tasted slightly minty and of strong burning plastic which seemed to numb the mouth. It was impossible to hold in for even daily chain-smokers so they resorted to using a plastic lung to help cool it down before inhalation. This produced slight mental effects but they were discouraged to do more because of the strong plastic numbness-inducing taste before. They said fuck it and left my friend alone with this oil crud. After inspecting, the oil smelled somewhat like Honeysuckle and lilly's; Very pleasant indeed. But him not being an evil druggie he had left it untouched for a week and afterwards it had appeared to crystallize into sheets on the plate it was stored on. He reports the taste being somewhat bitter and alkaline/salty (Excess solution of sodium hydroxide was ignorantly added in the beginning naptha solution prior to evap, in attempt to neutralize excess lye, drops of HCl were slowly added to the solution until signs of precipitation began to present). My friend took pictures before destroying the evil hell-spawned substance and I have generously uploaded them to my photobucket. My friend also did a burn test on the crystals, reporting the smoke to be white and slightly salty with fragrance and a hint of plastic, it was also a lot less harsh and not so noxious. When heated, these crystals begin to release a liquid substance which later vaporizes into a white smoke. After it is all vaporized there is whiteish grains left behind which ends up tasting salty (NaCl from lye + HCl?). [img:baf68db4e0]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/D1st0rt10n/Scenery/Sugar.jpg[/img:baf68db4e0] [img:baf68db4e0]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/D1st0rt10n/Scenery/Sugar1.jpg[/img:baf68db4e0] [img:baf68db4e0]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/D1st0rt10n/Scenery/Sugar2.jpg[/img:baf68db4e0] What are y'alls opinion? Was this substance the dreaded DMT or something that could have posed danger to his hippie captors when smoked? Does the oil usually taste as described? Why does crystalizing make a huge difference when it liquifies anyway after heated? Could it be that the oil wasn't completely dehydrated of naptha/water and resulted in this flavor? Or maybe when heated the contaminating liquids would inhibit the DMT from vaporizing, and thus burn?