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Posts: 36 Joined: 27-Apr-2010 Last visit: 15-Dec-2012 Location: deep in the heart of the jungle
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I was just wondering if ether would be an acceptable NPsolvent for mescaline extractions? I can't get Xylene
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Posts: 140 Joined: 23-Feb-2010 Last visit: 12-Sep-2010 Location: mexico
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i cant say for sure that ether will work...but benzene and toulene are acceptable solutins...i cant imagine ether not working....but i also cant imagine the folks here not knowing...anybody else ever try this?
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Posts: 9 Joined: 17-Feb-2010 Last visit: 17-May-2010 Location: Belize
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Mescaline is poorly soluble in ether (Merck index). Better solvents are methanol, ethanol, water, toluene, or even d-limonene. It depends on the procedure: if you are extracting with a soxhlet, making a tea, it varies.
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Posts: 7463 Joined: 21-May-2008 Last visit: 14-Jan-2025 Location: the lab
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ether is more for recrystallization. toluene would be best, or xylene. limonene is an acceptable substitute "Nothing is true, everything is permitted." ~ hassan i sabbah
"Experiments are the only means of attaining knowledge at our disposal. The rest is poetry, imagination." -Max Planck
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Posts: 154 Joined: 03-May-2010 Last visit: 18-Dec-2013 Location: Under the sea
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According to Merck index: Quote:Freebase: Moderately sol in water; sol in alcohol, chloroform, benzene. Practically insol in ether, petr ether.
HCl: Sol in water, alcohol. The only form that appears to be soluble in ether is N-Benzoylmescaline. The text above was typed by frenzy monkeys randomly hitting their keyboards.
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