bluecurry wrote:I thought mescaline acetate was soluble in acetone and the HCl was not.... Wouldn't a chemical precipitate out of a solution in which it is not soluble?
I'm no expert on mescaline extraction, or chemistry by a long shot, so take my words with a grain of salt.
I am not sure whether or not mescaline acetate is soluble in acetone, but as far as I know mescaline acetate + HCl = mescaline acetate in an acidic HCl solution. Whereas mescaline freebase + HCl = mescaline HCl. I could be wrong though, seeing as HCl is a much stronger acid than acetic.
I think you'd be better off converting to freebase, then titrating with HCl. But I really don't know enough to definitively say that your method will or will not work.
Sorry I can't be of more help!
Hopefully someone with more knowledge on the subject will chime in.