This could be a tek that works for so many things - if it works well the proceedure can be called Acetone Phluxing hehe :Þ
Iv been playing with rue a bit lately and noticed something.
i disolved some harmine in water and a dash of lemon juice - added the same amount of acetone as water and noticed massive precipitation.
tried the same using vinegar - very little precipitation - or perhaps just slower precipitation, but lemon juice seems better.
here is a pic - the lemon juice experiment is the one on the right.
a few mins later
now iv tried this with harmaline and had the same success, tried it with mescaline hcl - it dropped right out the salting water, tried it on a poppy extract and il leave it at that.
Iv been thinking how this can be applied to a few things - for rue extraction - perhaps making a tea(unground even perhaps) of a dose of rue (3g) with lemon juice, add acetone, filter and wash precips - could make things so easy.
adding acetone directly to cactus tea to precip alkaloids, thereby avoiding the need to evap, and if it doesnt work nothing is lost as its just a tad more acetone to evap.
same for spice extraction - soak bark in vinegar or something, filter, add acetone, collect precips, freebase.
I think the important bits are :
choosing the correct acid for the job
mek could also perhaps be used in place of acetone
getting the saturation of the water correct (although in some cases it doesnt seem too important)
evapping down after first precips have been filtered - then adding more acetone(a few times - equivelent to pulls)
the precips can be disolved again and then the proceedure redone for a cleaner product
Iv been playing with rue a bit lately and noticed something.
i disolved some harmine in water and a dash of lemon juice - added the same amount of acetone as water and noticed massive precipitation.
tried the same using vinegar - very little precipitation - or perhaps just slower precipitation, but lemon juice seems better.
here is a pic - the lemon juice experiment is the one on the right.
a few mins later
now iv tried this with harmaline and had the same success, tried it with mescaline hcl - it dropped right out the salting water, tried it on a poppy extract and il leave it at that.
Iv been thinking how this can be applied to a few things - for rue extraction - perhaps making a tea(unground even perhaps) of a dose of rue (3g) with lemon juice, add acetone, filter and wash precips - could make things so easy.
adding acetone directly to cactus tea to precip alkaloids, thereby avoiding the need to evap, and if it doesnt work nothing is lost as its just a tad more acetone to evap.
same for spice extraction - soak bark in vinegar or something, filter, add acetone, collect precips, freebase.
I think the important bits are :
choosing the correct acid for the job
mek could also perhaps be used in place of acetone
getting the saturation of the water correct (although in some cases it doesnt seem too important)
evapping down after first precips have been filtered - then adding more acetone(a few times - equivelent to pulls)
the precips can be disolved again and then the proceedure redone for a cleaner product