Spiralout
Rising Star
I'm not sure this is the best sub for this but:
Can anyone help explain why acetone is the typically used solvent for cleaning materials up? It's called for by most people for using on cocaine, meth, mdma, and probably more that I can't remember.
Is acetone used because it is more accessible? Cheaper? Works better ?
Main reason I'm asking is because I'd like to purify some mdma (I'm particularly concerned about Hg) and would rather not bother with making anhydrous acetone. I can't see any reason that washing with naptha, or, maybe even better, doing a mini a/b. I don't have the chemistry chops to intuit this though. Would a naptha wash or acid to base shuffle not work?
What are the things you would want to consider to figure this out on your own? I assume you just need to take into account the solubility properties of the chemical you want to purify, along with the properties of the most likely chemicals it is contaminated with (or the ones you are most concerned about it being contaminated with; that you have the greatest impetus to get rid of) ?
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Can anyone help explain why acetone is the typically used solvent for cleaning materials up? It's called for by most people for using on cocaine, meth, mdma, and probably more that I can't remember.
Is acetone used because it is more accessible? Cheaper? Works better ?
Main reason I'm asking is because I'd like to purify some mdma (I'm particularly concerned about Hg) and would rather not bother with making anhydrous acetone. I can't see any reason that washing with naptha, or, maybe even better, doing a mini a/b. I don't have the chemistry chops to intuit this though. Would a naptha wash or acid to base shuffle not work?
What are the things you would want to consider to figure this out on your own? I assume you just need to take into account the solubility properties of the chemical you want to purify, along with the properties of the most likely chemicals it is contaminated with (or the ones you are most concerned about it being contaminated with; that you have the greatest impetus to get rid of) ?
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.