Is this a good extraction liquid for dmt a/b process? OK found out ethanol not good contains isopropyl. I'm guess this would be good BVV Ultra High Purity 710 Extraction Solvent, but can't find it in the list of solvents in the post listing the search database. Says it contains 200% ethanol and d-heptane and evaps clean and clear.

Looking for good alternatives to naptha.

Sorry I just noticed a thread started I should of asked in. New member, 1st post my apologies

Hello there,

for an a/b-extraction you will need a solvent that does not mix with water.
Ethanol would mix with water.

The idea is that you mix the basic soup with the nonpolar (therefore not water-miscible) solvent (like naphta) and isolate the solvent after it has separated from the basic soup.

I suggest you make yourself more common with the basic principle of this type of extraction. After a bit of reading and understanding it is quite easy.

Have a nice time!

OK thanks, plenty of extractions done, just never messed with ethanol. Didn't know it mixed with water. Guess sticking with naptha and heptane.

You could use ethanol if you do an acid cook, then evaporate off most of the water and add dry base (lime or sodium carbonate) to make a paste. Allow this paste to dry out then pull with the ethanol. The result won't necessarily be all that pure though so you'd be looking at some kind of precipitation procedure, maybe as the fumarate, to sort that out.

Perhaps you've already had a read of this thread:
Extracting DMT with ethanol, vinegar and sodium carbonate