Sorry guys, after SWIM found out about Virola theiodora resin being an active source of 5-MeO-DMT without extraction being needed, SWIM totally lost interest in this subject.
If you take Virola theiodora resin sublingually in doses of 100-1000 mg, you can experience a 5-MeO-DMT trip. No extraction is needed. Why extract when you don’t need to? I just don’t see the point in this. It’s like extracting caffeine. Why bother extracting caffeine when you can just buy coffee and use that?
There are several vendors (most in Europe, with at least one in the USA) that sell the resin. All of them are good that SWIM has tried.
SWIM doesn’t like smoked 5-MeO-DMT at all, so he sees no reason to concentrate the alkaloid. Sublingual is the way to go with 5-MeO-DMT.
Here’s what SWIM discovered about 5-MeO-DMT when he was still interested in this subject:
5-MeO-DMT Chemical PropertiesPhysical state: crystalline solid; 5-MeO-DMT-n-Oxide is an oil
Color: white; 5-MeO-DMT-n-Oxide is pale violet
XLogP3: 1.5
pKa: 9.3
Melting Point: 67.7 C (154 F)
Boiling Point: Unknown
Molecular Weight: 218.29482
Chemical Formula: C13H18N2O
Crystallization solvents: hexane; light petroleum-benzene
Storage: Store at 2-8°C
DMT Chemical PropertiesPhysical state: crystalline solid; DMT-n-Oxide is an oil
Color: white; DMT-n-Oxide is amber or tan
XLogP3: 2.5
pKa: 8.68 (ethanol-water)
Melting Point: 44.6-46.8 C (116 F)
Boiling Point: 60-80 C
Molecular Weight: 188.26884
Chemical Formula: C12H16N2
Crystallization solvents: methanol-light petroleum; light petroleum; heptane; hexane
Solubility: soluble in DCM, naphtha, heptane, d-limonene, xylene; insoluble in naphtha @ -17 C, heptane @ -17 C, somewhat insoluble in water.
Alright so what does that data tell us?
First off, according to the XLogP3 data we can see that DMT is much less polar than 5-MeO-DMT. So when running a column with silica, DMT will elute first.
Also, because the pKa of DMT is lower, it can be freebased at a lower pH.
Ok, so think about those two a little bit. DMT’s pKa is 8.68, 5-MeO-DMT’s pKa is 9.3. If you do an A/B, DMT can be 50% freebased at 8.68, while 5-MeO-DMT would only be a little more than 10% freebased. This is not good enough separation. If you freebase at 7.68, that would freebase 10% of the DMT, and a little more than 1% of the 5-MeO-DMT.
So, I think a good possible simple approach at separation is to do an A/B on your alkaloids (not from a plant), get the pH at about 7.68 to freebase 10% of the DMT. Keep in mind that with an A/B, even at such a low pH, most of the DMT will migrate into the non-polar solvent, much more than 10%. Extract with the most non-polar solvent you have, such as naphtha or heptane. The XlogP3 data tells us that DMT is more soluble in these solvents than 5-MeO-DMT is. Extract about 4 times with the non-polar solvent to get most of the DMT. Next adjust the pH to 10 or so, and extract with DCM or some other solvent that is more polar than naphtha or heptane. 3 pulls should be enough. This should get 5-MeO-DMT almost free of DMT.
Another possible way to separate them is by salting them in acetone, MEK, or DCM. According to their XLogP3 data, salts of 5-MeO-DMT should be less soluble in acetone than salts of DMT. SWIM tried using citric acid. That seemed to work very well one time, but didn’t work well the next time he tried it. This is something to toy around with. Maybe acetic acid would be good to use. From what I’ve read, DMT acetate is soluble in DCM, MEK, and acetone. It’s likely that 5-MeO-DMT acetate is not.
So those are some ideas to work with.
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