JJ Spigglesworth
Rising Star
- Merits
- 42
Hi all.
Just thought I'd share my experience of reducing yellow gooey DMT-N-oxide to white fluffy DMT freebase using the tek from the wiki:
DMT N-Oxide to Freebase DMT - DMT-Nexus Wiki
550 mg assorted yellow goos saved from numerous extractions / recystalisations. Mostly DMT-N-oxide but probably contains some plant fats from an STB extraction. The goos were chilled in the fridge and scraped together into a small glass vial.
10 ml acetic acid solution (3 ml glacial acetic acid plus 7 ml H2O) was added to the yellow goo. The suspension was stirred until all solids have dissolved.
600 mg zinc powder was added to this solution and stirred vigorously. The suspension was stirred every 20 mins for 1.5 hrs. over this time the colour of the solution changed from yellow/orange to colourless, with the grey/blue zinc powder remaining in suspension.
The suspension was filtered to remove the zinc. The zinc was discarded and the filtrate was kept. 10 ml sodium carbonate solution (8 g NaCO3 in 50 ml H2O) was added to the filtrate. the solution fizzed as the carbonate neutralised with the acetic acid.
once the fizzing had subsided, 15 ml sodium carbonate solution was added with immediate precipitation of DMT freebase giving a cloudy suspension.
The suspension was then extracted with 40-60 petroleum ether (naphtha) 4 x 150 ml which was reduced down to 50 ml using a rotary evaporator (30 C water bath). A large amount of white suspension did not dissolve in the naphtha. This is presumed to be zinc oxide which precipitates on addition of the sodium carbonate but is insoluble in naphtha.
The solution was then placed in the freezer (-25C) for 3 days. DMT freebase precipitated as bright white fluffy crystals which were collected by vacuum filtration. Yield 420 mg
The theoretical yield would by around 505 mg from the 550 mg N-oxide. The 85 mg which was lost is presumed to be due to impurity of the starting N-oxide, which almost certainly contained some plant fats.
During the naphtha extraction of the basified reaction mixture, a lot of time was wasted trying to dissolve the white precipitate which remained in the water phase. This was later presumed to be zinc oxide, which is insoluble in common lab solvents. perhaps a note could be added to the wiki entry indicating that not all the white precipitate that forms on NaCO3 additin will dissolve in naphtha?
Over all I'm very happy with the outcome. I though all the goo was beyond saving, and I ended up with some of the cleanest spice I have ever seen! honestly it is super bright white and v v fluffy. The tek is very easy to follow.
Just thought I'd share my experience of reducing yellow gooey DMT-N-oxide to white fluffy DMT freebase using the tek from the wiki:
DMT N-Oxide to Freebase DMT - DMT-Nexus Wiki
550 mg assorted yellow goos saved from numerous extractions / recystalisations. Mostly DMT-N-oxide but probably contains some plant fats from an STB extraction. The goos were chilled in the fridge and scraped together into a small glass vial.
10 ml acetic acid solution (3 ml glacial acetic acid plus 7 ml H2O) was added to the yellow goo. The suspension was stirred until all solids have dissolved.
600 mg zinc powder was added to this solution and stirred vigorously. The suspension was stirred every 20 mins for 1.5 hrs. over this time the colour of the solution changed from yellow/orange to colourless, with the grey/blue zinc powder remaining in suspension.
The suspension was filtered to remove the zinc. The zinc was discarded and the filtrate was kept. 10 ml sodium carbonate solution (8 g NaCO3 in 50 ml H2O) was added to the filtrate. the solution fizzed as the carbonate neutralised with the acetic acid.
once the fizzing had subsided, 15 ml sodium carbonate solution was added with immediate precipitation of DMT freebase giving a cloudy suspension.
The suspension was then extracted with 40-60 petroleum ether (naphtha) 4 x 150 ml which was reduced down to 50 ml using a rotary evaporator (30 C water bath). A large amount of white suspension did not dissolve in the naphtha. This is presumed to be zinc oxide which precipitates on addition of the sodium carbonate but is insoluble in naphtha.
The solution was then placed in the freezer (-25C) for 3 days. DMT freebase precipitated as bright white fluffy crystals which were collected by vacuum filtration. Yield 420 mg
The theoretical yield would by around 505 mg from the 550 mg N-oxide. The 85 mg which was lost is presumed to be due to impurity of the starting N-oxide, which almost certainly contained some plant fats.
During the naphtha extraction of the basified reaction mixture, a lot of time was wasted trying to dissolve the white precipitate which remained in the water phase. This was later presumed to be zinc oxide, which is insoluble in common lab solvents. perhaps a note could be added to the wiki entry indicating that not all the white precipitate that forms on NaCO3 additin will dissolve in naphtha?
Over all I'm very happy with the outcome. I though all the goo was beyond saving, and I ended up with some of the cleanest spice I have ever seen! honestly it is super bright white and v v fluffy. The tek is very easy to follow.
