extraction mechanism

[MultiDimensionalTherapy]

well, my new girfriend is studying chemistry (yuhuuu!) and i decided to go to a class with her, that was about mechanisms! (i could actually follow most of what the teacher was saying there, thanks to the nexus!)
and i thought that it could be interesting to see the mechanism of a dmt extraction.
i searched all over the web but found nothing....
has anyone here in nexus done this?
thanx

 

[Mindlusion]

Well, the reaction mechanism in a simple two phase extraction isn't all that exciting.

There isn't a whole lot of chemical change happening


Basically, there is a single proton (Hydrogen atom) bonding to the N in the DMT molecule.
Everything done in the DMT extraction is by manipulating this one hydrogen ion.

This proton gives the molecule a positive charge. This charge allows it to form salts, or be soluble in water.
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The reaction happens when you alter the environment the DMT is present in.

When the pH is raised, the solution is full of greedy ions that will form a strong bond with any free protons. (water) the proton can't hold onto the N any longer and gets ripped off.

Now DMT has a neutral charge, and is a freebase.

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Here I drew a picture.

The arrows represent the movement of electrons

 

[MultiDimensionalTherapy]

thank you! im finding chemistry more and more interesting, thanks to this wonderful molecule!