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Is it possible to convert 4-AcO-DMT to 4-HO-DMT using commonly available chemicals?

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RigaCrypto

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Would it by possible to 'basify' it as in a DMT A/B extraction, using NaOH or something similar? I should add that most commercially available 4-AcO-DMT comes as the fumarate salt.
 
changing a free base to a salt is one thing, but substituting functional groups is completely different, it treads into synthesis territory.
what this dude is asking is if a simple base hydrolysis of the acetyl group will convert it to a hydroxy group.

this exceeds his and your scope of practical chemistry, and I'll have to call you guys n00bs.

because more than likely, the product will have an oxyanion rather than a hydroxyl, and will be inactive
 
Electric.Sight said:
My friend tried freebasing with sodium carbonate+water solution then extracting with naphtha. However this person said the yield was so thinly scattered across the dish it was impossible to scrape any useful amount. Any tips for my friend on how to collect such a small amount of substance? Apparently the dish he used is already pretty tiny, if it were to get much tinier it would become near impossible to scrape do to lack of space.
Friend didn't have enough liquid to attempt freeze precip, though that would be pretty cool if it worked!
I wouldn't use naphtha;

Tell your friend to use DCM or chloroform, there's really no other safe way around it.
 
is there a post about why we dont talk about synth here? i know not to do it and have an idea why not to here but id like to see the official word.

it always seems to tread into amphetamine synthesis on other forums after a while.
 
• No discussion is allowed about synthesis of illegal substances, since it requires highly dangerous and watched chemicals. Discussion of simple safe non-comercial synthesis not requiring watched chemicals are tolerated (example: the reduction of dmt n-oxide to dmt with zinc, or the supposed lsa-to-lsh conversion)

 
Tangarine_Dreams said:
is there a post about why we dont talk about synth here? i know not to do it and have an idea why not to here but id like to see the official word.

it always seems to tread into amphetamine synthesis on other forums after a while.

dude, you have been a member here for more than a year and you still havent read the Attitude page? check the link that ۩ kindly provided!
 
RigaCrypto said:
Would it by possible to 'basify' it as in a DMT A/B extraction, using NaOH or something similar? I should add that most commercially available 4-AcO-DMT comes as the fumarate salt.
What would be the advantage of doing that? Why would you convert a fairly stable substance to one that is pretty much unstable, especially if they have extremely similar effects? People often ask for the opposite.
 
Infundibulum said:
RigaCrypto said:
Would it by possible to 'basify' it as in a DMT A/B extraction, using NaOH or something similar? I should add that most commercially available 4-AcO-DMT comes as the fumarate salt.
What would be the advantage of doing that? Why would you convert a fairly stable substance to one that is pretty much unstable, especially if they have extremely similar effects? People often ask for the opposite.

I guess he wants to vap it.
 
Yes, I am a noob in chemistry, hence I asked this question. Sorry if its implications lead into forbidden territory. My knowledge of chemistry didn't allow me to foresee that. The rules state "Discussion of simple safe non-comercial synthesis not requiring watched chemicals are tolerated (example: the reduction of dmt n-oxide to dmt with zinc, or the supposed lsa-to-lsh conversion)", and I didn't know what chemicals this would require. Feel free to change the title and subject to whatever is within the rules, and I'll try inquiring on a synthesis forum. Although, as benzyme suggested, converting 4-AcO-DMT to 4-HO-DMT is beyond the scope of what a guy can do in his bath tub with chemicals from the hardware store, right?

To clarify, I used the word 'basify' wrong; I was referring to the procedure described in the tek, and I asked whether that would be useful for converting 4-AcO-DMT to 4-HO-DMT. Sorry for the confusion.
 
justine said:
Infundibulum said:
RigaCrypto said:
Would it by possible to 'basify' it as in a DMT A/B extraction, using NaOH or something similar? I should add that most commercially available 4-AcO-DMT comes as the fumarate salt.
What would be the advantage of doing that? Why would you convert a fairly stable substance to one that is pretty much unstable, especially if they have extremely similar effects? People often ask for the opposite.

I guess he wants to vap it.
So why not make freebase 4-Aco and vape it? It is more likely to work than psilocin, which may be subjected to thermal decomposition, like it happens when trying to vape freebase nicotine. Even for vaping (even though SWIM has never tried with either 4-AcO nor psilocin) 4-AcO would be the first best choice. It even crosses the blood brain barrier better.
 
Electric.Sight said:
Infundibulum said:
So why not make freebase 4-Aco and vape it?
This was my motive for wanting to freebase 4-aco-dmt. If it works well I'll have an entire new breed of changa to experiment with;)

Does DCM go under a common brand-name or something at hardware stores, or will this be a little harder to locate? I've only seen it mixed with other paint thinner.
you can most likely do it without DCM; make a 1:1 sodium carbonate paste with the 4-Aco fumarate and little water, thenlet it dry completely. this freebases the 4-Aco. The, you can pull with acetone or IPA or ethanol or methanol to get the freebases out.
 
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