here is an update as of now for anybody interested.
It was easier to evaporate the isopropanol and redissolve it into acidic water than to extract directly from the isopropanol obv. after I did that I used naphtha for a defat while the PH was still low, but I had less naphtha than I thought so I only did one pour. after separating as much of the nahptha as possible I started raising the PH, I used 4g of lye dissolved in water at first but ended up using around 18g to bring it to a 10 on my PH scale.
I think i could have used less lye if I kept the liquid at less volume.
Then I poured about 400ml of xylene for the first pull. I forgot how noxious of a solvent this was, even with good ventilation the semi sweet smell lingered for an hour or so.
I checked using my black light to see if the non polar layer was flourescent, since I read that in other solvents it was. I was very happy when i turned on the black light and saw that thing low like a highlighter!
I let it bask in the UV-B light for an hour, hopefully helping to oxidise some of those molecules to 7-Hydroxymitragynine, though I admit I dont know much about that reaction yet, maybe using only UV-B wont cut it. anyway the fluorescence is a good sign.
at this point im letting the xylene sit in the dark over night.
Should i try to Freeze precipitate the final yield, or is evaporating the solvent the only way here?
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