My cacti extraction diary

Discussion in 'Cacti Delecti' started by Rabidreject, Jan 7, 2019.

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    After leaving to separate after defat two....
    Jar 1 - 2nd de-fat
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    So much more distinct layers.

    Jar 2 - 2nd de-fat
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    The layers in both jars have been separated using oral syringes.
    First I pull off the xylene (it's like dark black when there is a whole jar of it) this lead to me think of using fresh xylene for the final defat.

    The acidic aqueous layer is looking clearer with each defat.

    They've been combined again, agitated for about 5 mins then separated into the two jars and put in a hot water bath for 20 min..

    This will be the last defat and next step will be bringing the Ph up to about 10 with NaOH from the 4.12 it's at at the moment.

    Thank God for the fact I use 2 grow weed and had a calibration set!

    More to come
     
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    After additional defat.. 20191004_083222.jpg

    After i separated off the fats and the xylene I left the acidic aqueous solution I'm the fridge.
    While inwas waiting for my PH strips I noticed a layer of more cactus fat sink to the bottom....
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    PH strips came today...
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    At the perfect PH. just on my way to but 5% acetic acid and a tub of citric acid coz iv not decided what salt I'm going to precipitate yet.
    I have my naoh to take it to ph 10 so yeh. Should be finished by tonight if all does well...probably a bit optimistic tho!
     
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    It took me a long time of going back and forth between too acidic and too basic but eventually I got to around 10... 20191005_191826.jpg
    Probably more like 11 but fuck it.
    Anyways, fresh xylene has been added to the basic h20 solution that now (hopefully) contains the mescaline base.

    I have them in make shift warm water baths too as that made a big diff when defatting.

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    I'll be pretty pissed if I get no mescaline lol. Iv successfully done dmt extractions multiple times and its basically the opposite of that in terms of polar attraction of the alkaloid so all good.
    The science makes sense so I must trust until it separates and I can acidity it...
     
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    Ok so separated the majority of the xylene from 2 pulls. Iv saving the material so do another tomorrow. Its in the freezer so I can also pour off the excess xylene
    I used all my litmus paper getting it to ph 10 so I just have to add citric acid slowly.

    This is why I'm using citric coz even if I use a little too much it doesnt really matter to me on my first extraction. Especially as I plan to freeze precipitate from the aqueous solution and THEN evaporate and keep the solids
     
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    All xylene combined with the mesc freebase in (hopefully)
    There is something in there coz it's gone more cloudy...
     

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    Ok so ready for the unwashed Crystal porn?
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    Stuff i havnt yet scraped out
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    I think it was still a bit wet at this stage so iv left it on paper in the open with a sachet of dessicant but i couldnt only find a small sachet...

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    If anyone knows any reliable either recrystalisation techniques, i didnt liuke the fact that salt version of mescaline is solutble in water and freebase in xylene. Thats why i prefur the DMT extraction because i just could'nt do a freeze recipitation with the aqeuous solution with the mescaline citrate in so i ended up using 2x usb powdered fans to evaporate it over a couple days.
    one more...
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    I must admit im actually pretty happy with the weight. Its obviuously got too much citric in it as the solution whilst drying tasted like citric but i definitely didt put 8 grams of citric into the final neutral aqeuous solution as i was converting the freebase to salt form so i dunno.

    Ill be searing for purification methods. It would be nice to find a solvent that has a very low freezing point, and mescaline salt form is dissolvable in then i can dissolve what i have a freeze precipitate almost pure crystals, filter them out and THEN evaporate. At least then i'd have some more pure mescaline citrate as well as less of the gunky evap crystals i was left with this time that i could acetone wash.

    That is the other option for it all.

    thoughts?
     
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    ok guys so i just ingested riughly 1.2g of the extract i made. It was INCREDIBLY sour and tasted like citric so im doubtful itll do anyting... will porbably post back tomorrow.
     

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