Acid-base DXM extraction: Difference between revisions

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[[File:DXMextraction 01.jpg|300px|thumbnail|right|Required Materials]]
[[File:DXMextraction 01.jpg|300px|thumbnail|right|Required Materials]]
[[File:DXMextraction 02.jpg|150px|thumbnail|right|Cough syrup in large sealable container]]
[[File:DXMextraction 02.jpg|100px|thumbnail|right|Cough syrup in large sealable container]]
[[File:DXMextraction 03.jpg|150px|thumbnail|right|Ammonia added to the container with DXM]]
[[File:DXMextraction 03.jpg|100px|thumbnail|right|Ammonia added to the container with DXM]]
[[File:DXMextraction 04.jpg|150px|thumbnail|right|Transferred solution into a glass container and added Naptha]]
[[File:DXMextraction 04.jpg|100px|thumbnail|right|Transferred solution into a glass container and added Naptha]]
[[File:DXMextraction 07.jpg|150px|thumbnail|right|Added to a gallon zip-seal bag for seperation]]
[[File:DXMextraction 07.jpg|100px|thumbnail|right|Added to a gallon zip-seal bag for seperation]]
[[File:DXMextraction 06.jpg|150px|thumbnail|right|After seperation. The top layer is the naptha layer, the bottom is waste ammonia and cough syrup.]]
[[File:DXMextraction 06.jpg|100px|thumbnail|right|After seperation. The top layer is the naptha layer, the bottom is waste ammonia and cough syrup.]]
[[File:DXMextraction 08.jpg|150px|thumbnail|right|The final product]]
[[File:DXMextraction 08.jpg|100px|thumbnail|right|The final product]]
===='''Theory'''====
===='''Theory'''====
This extraction uses an acid-base reactions to extract the DXM HBr from cough syrup to its finished product, DXM salt in lemon juice. The basic ammonia converts the DXM to freebase. The Naptha is used as a nonpolar solvent to extract the DXM from the ammonia. Then, the citric acid binds with the freebase DXM to produce DXM hyrdocitrate, a DXM salt soluble in water. This extraction has a yield around 90-95% when followed carefully.  
This extraction uses an acid-base reactions to extract the DXM HBr from cough syrup to its finished product, DXM salt in lemon juice. The basic ammonia converts the DXM to freebase. The Naptha is used as a nonpolar solvent to extract the DXM from the ammonia. Then, the citric acid binds with the freebase DXM to produce DXM hyrdocitrate, a DXM salt soluble in water. This extraction has a yield around 90-95% when followed carefully.