blue.magic
Rising Star
Can one use muriatic acid instead of acetic acid (vinegar) for syrian rue extraction?
I don't see a reason why not except for some practical reasons (vinegar is more readily available & food safe, does not produce irritating fumes, is safer to handle).
However, having a clean HCl, is there any physical reason it could not be used? Any excess HCl will evaporate and harmalas will already be in hydrochloride form when doing Manske. It seems cleaner to me as less chemicals are involved in the process. HCl also reacts with sodium hydroxide forming table salt, which is also already present in Manske.
I don't see a reason why not except for some practical reasons (vinegar is more readily available & food safe, does not produce irritating fumes, is safer to handle).
However, having a clean HCl, is there any physical reason it could not be used? Any excess HCl will evaporate and harmalas will already be in hydrochloride form when doing Manske. It seems cleaner to me as less chemicals are involved in the process. HCl also reacts with sodium hydroxide forming table salt, which is also already present in Manske.