Hello.
Yesterday (rather today all night) we try with friend prepare DMT from mhrb.
But something goes wrong;/ we have no idea what.
Our tec is
1 - we blend root bark ( 0.5kg) for powder
2 - boil it (90-100C) in distilled water pH=5 for 2 hour and non stop mix soup
3 - drain off and collected liquid in other pot
4 - boil next 3 time in fresh water for something about 20min
5 - all liquid we filtered out again by the shirt 4 times
6 - now we have something about 3L soap
6 - after cooling, filtered vegetable fat precipitates from soap
7 - soap looks like coffie. clear and dark.
8 - reduce by warming to the 0.7 L
8 - we add to soap a little amount NaOH.
9 - Soap changed from "coffie" to thinkg in attached picture. (black thing appeared after some hour when taking pic.)
10 - continue adding NaOH until we reach pH 14
11 - Heat heptane 70-80C and add to soap, mixed.
12 - After 10 minutes we separate the heptane and pour heptane into the freezing glass.
13- 8H Hours later nothing, completely nothing crystallize in.

Where we make mistake?
After 2 extraction with heptane i check pH one more time and its be 8..
Is it possible that the pH of 5 is not enough in step 2 ?
If i screw up something is there chance to fix it up?
Can i use demineralized water instead destilled?
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