Hey there - I have something interesting to share with you.
I guess there has not been anything like this up here at all, so I just thought I may post it on the Nexus. There was a guy with the theoretical NMR-Shift of DMT and he posted it here:
No need for you to visit the thread as I will include the theoretical spectra also here, even predicted with the same programm and edited it so you will all understand what is going on here.
Just the short information at first:
You will see that what I extracted as *Jungle Spice* is nearly pure DMT. Therefore if you are going to create Changa (and no crystals) I would advise to go the way I did, as you will get still a nearly pure compound and the maximum yield.
Prodecure (just the key elements):
- 3x Hot acidic cook at 80°C for 1h each
- NO DEFAT
- 5x Pulls with Toluene (evapped with vacuum)
=> slightly brownish (but very light coloured) oil, but not very liquid
Now for the Science Part:
I don't want to extend the thread so long, therefore you may check out the basics of NMR yourself. It is the main analysis for chemists to check whether they created the product they wanted and whether it contains impurities etc. NMR = Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (Spectroscopy) and in this process atoms will produce a special signal, depending on how they are connected to each other. End of short explanation ...
At first for the PROTONS, which means you see the 1H-NMR now.
(I'm still new to the nexus so I don't know how to properly attach files with the nexus' own attachement option)
1.) PREDICTED 1H-Spectrum:
You can see: I nummerized the atoms and marked them in the PREDICTED spectra. Normally we nummerize it from 1 to the last in the molecule and not in the spectra itself, but don't worry for this
RED means that this is very unlikely to be visible in the REAL spectra, as we would have to measure this for a long time to be visible etc.
1.) REAL 1H-Spectrum:
And now you see: ALL the signals are visible (except for the red one, but this is really nothing to care about). And what you also see: there are nearly no other signals, which indicate for a very pure component. The peak which is at 2,09 was labeled as a water impurity by the analysis software, but I am not so sure about that. Still nothing really to worry in terms of purity.
2.) PREDICTED 13C-Spektrum:
Ok so now we have much more Signals, as we also have more Atoms which produce them = C is measured instead of H. This time all of the signals should also show up in the REAL spektrum.
2.) REAL 13C-Spektrum
So this really made me wonder. Normally even if the 1H-Spektrum is very good then the 13C is containing some new peaks, which were not predicted. But for this time we also have nearly only our predicted Signals. And also at the correct place. Isn't this a wonder?
CONCLUSION:
So I may say that in the terms of an synthetic work in the organic chemistry this compound would be labeled as *nearly pure* and be able to readily be used in a further reaction. When doing some laboratory stuff then you often get some Spectra which look much worse and you still think: "Ah **** it I will use that stuff anyways". So for myself I will now continue to NEVER defat, as I never intend to have a crystaline compound, as I will do Changa with this oily stuff and it does not matter then.
ALSO for the people who say: "Toluene will pull more Junk"
I cannot really see any quantitative sign of other molecules which would indicate a rough mixture instead of a merely pure compound. Therefore if you have the ability to fully evaporate the Toluene, I would definetly recommend to use that!
Hopefully it will be useful or can be linked if people are unsure about using toluene / defat or simply are interested in some DMT-Science. Hopefully also the pictures will work, as I am a newb to this site and used *pic-upload.de* for this : S (does it mean that the pictures will be deleted after some time and make this post senseless?)