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I have never heard of anyone using phosphoric acid to salt mescaline. In theory, it is possible. But there is also a chance that mescaline phosphate will not crystallize, that it isn't water-soluble, etc. Another benefit to using HCl is that any excess acid will evaporate, whereas when using citric or sulfuric acid one must use careful titration in order to avoid excess acid contamination in the final product. Your best bet would probably be to use HCl.HumbleTraveler said:I have a few noobish questions here so dont mind me.
1. I have food grade phosphoric acid, could I use that instead of HCl for the HCl part?
2x large pots. I like to use huge (>8L) pots, but it could probably be done with something a little smaller.HumbleTraveler said:2. How many pots would really be required for this, is 2 ok? How many glass jars total? What size, all at least 1L?
You will need at least one large (1L) glass vessel, one smaller glass vesel (>200mL) for mixing NaOH solution, and one more large (1L or so) glass vessel in which you will salt mescaline out of your nonpolar solvent.
Yes, you are adding your nonpolar solvent to the basic aqeous "cactus tea".HumbleTraveler said:3. "6. Add 200ml toluene (or xylene) and mix for 10-15 minutes. Let the mixture settle and use a hot water bath to seperate the layers from the emulsion if necessary. The layers should seperate quickly. Seperate the layers with a pipet, separatory funnel, or syringe. Save the toluene in another glass container and put basic aqueous cacti solution back in original container.
7. Repeat previous step atleast 4 times total. Discard basic aqueous layer after, saving the toluene extract which contains the alkaloids. "
In this step, are you adding the 200ml of toulene to the glass pickle jar with the 500ml of aqueous cacti extract?
3a. Once the toluene is added, does it need to be rolled lightly like during a spice extraction and then allowed to separate, or just add it and let it separate without agitating??
3b. Is the toulene the top layer or the bottom layer?
Yes, the nonpolar solvent should be mixed with the aqeuous solution thoroughly, exactly like one would do when extracting DMT.
Toluene will float on top of the aqueous solution, just like naphtha or xylene would.HumbleTraveler said:4. " 9. Seperate layers, hot water bath may be necessary to seperate emulsion quickly. Filter and save acidic H2O layer and discard/recycle toluene.. "
Again, is the H20 layer the top layer or bottom layer?
That is a good approach to have! One must do their homework before they can pass a test! Feel free to PM me if you have any more questions about extracting mescaline. Much love and respect.HumbleTraveler said:Again, these are noob questions, but I really appreciate 100% clarification in stuff like this just because it's time consuming, Id much know before going all in that I have everything sorted out fully!