Extraction

[Magic22]

Hello, I have never done an extraction and I am planning to do the first one, starting with Mimosa hostilis, I do not know the process very well however I know that I need a solvent and in my country (Venezuela) it is almost impossible to get butanol or naphtha, the non-polar solvent that came to mind was thinner, but I do not know, I do not even know how to get to the crystallization step but I want to solve the solvent first, any help, advice or link I would appreciate it very much

 

[TheGreenPhantom]

Try looking for heptane or hexane. You can also try toluene or xylene if you don't mind getting goo instead of crystals.

 

[brettsta]

Do they sell petrol lighter fluid in your country ? Zippo and Ronsonol contain naphtha.