Given enough time they will, although cumene will leave some residue of its hydroperoxide which in turn decomposes to phenol under certain conditions. The hydroperoxide could in principle contribute to the oxidation of DMT. Another of its breakdown products, 2-phenyl-2-propanol, is highly likely to be an allergen.brokedownpalace10 said:Startex Xylene shows
CAS-No. Chemical Name Weight %
1330-20-7Mixed xylenes 90 - 100
100-41-4**Ethylbenzene 30 - 50
98-82-8**Cumene 0.1 - 1
on the SDS.
Do Ethylbenzene and Cumene (Isopropylbenzene?) evaporate completely?
downwardsfromzero said:Given enough time they will, although cumene will leave some residue of its hydroperoxide which in turn decomposes to phenol under certain conditions. The hydroperoxide could in principle contribute to the oxidation of DMT. Another of its breakdown products, 2-phenyl-2-propanol, is highly likely to be an allergen.brokedownpalace10 said:Startex Xylene shows
CAS-No. Chemical Name Weight %
1330-20-7Mixed xylenes 90 - 100
100-41-4**Ethylbenzene 30 - 50
98-82-8**Cumene 0.1 - 1
on the SDS.
Do Ethylbenzene and Cumene (Isopropylbenzene?) evaporate completely?
Finally, the arithmetic of those chemical composition values is bending my brain a bit! Is it perhaps 3.0 - 5.0 for ethylbenzene?
downwardsfromzero said:It should be fine if you extract into acid immediately after pulling. Maybe add a pinch of ascorbic to counteract the (traces of) peroxide. I'd be consider washing the xylene before use, first with ascorbic acid solution, then withsaturated sodium carbonate[edit: 5% sodium hydroxide - see below], just in case of cumene peroxides in the former case and phenol in the latter.
Reading a bit more about phenol here, we can see that the trace amounts concerned are likely to be largely harmless since it occurs as a natural metabolic byproduct in humans. Still its toxicity and corrosive nature at above trace levels should not be ignored. If you can minimise an impurity, it's general best to take appropriate steps to do so.
Eh, we seem to be at cross-purposes here, could you state your intentions more comprehensively from the beginning?brokedownpalace10 said:downwardsfromzero said:It should be fine if you extract into acid immediately after pulling. Maybe add a pinch of ascorbic to counteract the (traces of) peroxide. I'd consider washing the xylene before use, first with ascorbic acid solution, then withsaturated sodium carbonate[edit: 5% sodium hydroxide - see below], just in case of cumene peroxides in the former case and phenol in the latter.
Reading a bit more about phenol here, we can see that the trace amounts concerned are likely to be largely harmless since it occurs as a natural metabolic byproduct in humans. Still its toxicity and corrosive nature at above trace levels should not be ignored. If you can minimise an impurity, it's general best to take appropriate steps to do so.
I should have specified STB. Is there an easy way to accomplish that? What about using it for changa and water washing?
downwardsfromzero said:Eh, we seem to be at cross-purposes here, could you state your intentions more comprehensively from the beginning?brokedownpalace10 said:downwardsfromzero said:It should be fine if you extract into acid immediately after pulling. Maybe add a pinch of ascorbic to counteract the (traces of) peroxide. I'd consider washing the xylene before use, first with ascorbic acid solution, then withsaturated sodium carbonate[edit: 5% sodium hydroxide - see below], just in case of cumene peroxides in the former case and phenol in the latter.
Reading a bit more about phenol here, we can see that the trace amounts concerned are likely to be largely harmless since it occurs as a natural metabolic byproduct in humans. Still its toxicity and corrosive nature at above trace levels should not be ignored. If you can minimise an impurity, it's general best to take appropriate steps to do so.
I should have specified STB. Is there an easy way to accomplish that? What about using it for changa and water washing?
What I've suggested is that you clean up your xylene immediately prior to use.
A mini A/B would remove phenol from contaminated DMT, but only if you use sodium hydroxide for the base stage. Sodium carbonate is not strong enough to deprotonate phenol.
The way you basify your bark is neither here nor there, although of course lye-basified material (being the usual for STB) would also pull out the phenol.
No probs, I'm not much of one either!brokedownpalace10 said:Sorry about that. I'm not a chemist, obviously