blacksheep
Rising Star
Hi everyone, new here pleased to meet you all... Right now I'm attempting to cause an a/b reaction in order to harvest crystals, or goop. I'm using MHRB, last night I got what looks like dark burgandy cough syrup from the plant matter,(500ml.), and right now its sitting in a sep. funnel, with just under 200ml. naphtha. I've been reading that there may be no reason to de-fat with m.hostilis, so what the hell is in the naphtha than, when I see this stuff that looks like gilia/connective tissue, with bubbles in it , is it just un separated solution or is it fats?? Now I have some questions about these quick teks, which seem more appealing but I'm confused about there possibility. I've been under the impression that the reason these are called "alkaloids", is due the generic feature all alkaloids share which is that they are alkaline/basic in there natural state? If this is the case, why dont they fall into the non-polar wash if you dont form the acid salt first, but instead wash with naphtha or what have you first? In the a/b method of extraction, we use the hydroxide of choice to cause the alkaloids to become insoluble in H2O, so how does it work to free the alkaloids from the plant matter if using a basic solution as the first application (before or instead of acid solution)? It is my understanding that when forming an acid salt, that the acid and the alkaloid form the weeker of atomic bonds where in the valences of the molecules join hands so to speak, so what about basifying breaks this bond? I understand that the hydroxide solution shreds the plant materiel but I dont understand how it separates it from the alkaloid, what sort of relationship happens with the tryptamine and the hydroxide. Please forgive my ignorance on the subject as I am very new to all of this, and thank you for your help in defining these reactions and relationships in these in invisable processes.