dmt n-oxide and zinc powder question...

[eon]

hi,

swim starts his acid soak of MHRB with water made ph 3 by hydrochloric acid. after 3 soaks and filtration/fridge decanting is complete, the ph of his acidic solution has risen to about 5.3. is this ph too high to correctly perform the conversion of dmt n-oxide to nn-dmt using zinc powder? swim had read the ph is supposed to be 3 during the conversion process. is it necessary to add more hydrochloric acid to bring the ph back down?

thanks

eon

 

[Samadhi-Sukha-Upekkha]

You could add more HCl, or you could simply add vinegar. The reaction will proceed with DMT N-oxide dissolved in household white vinegar (pH of 5% acetic acid: 2.4), and that's usually easier to acquire and handle than concentrated HCl. So I'd imagine that it would work fine with MHRB soaked in HCl + vinegar solution as long as the pH was brought back down to about 3.