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Heroin How fast does Heroin really decompose in water?

G_Chem

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As the title states...

When I look for research on the matter I find one study that shows spontaneous decomposition of heroin in water to 6-MAM. But states no further conversion of 6-MAM to morphine. That said, they only report for 24hrs I believe and I wonder if they checked any longer past that.

I’m curious for any references or personal data on the matter. In another recent thread one member stated they found 90% heroin content after 3 days in acidic water. (Low ph helping to keep the reaction from reversing, aka morphine coming back into the picture.) Although that info doesn’t really help, and I wonder if said user checked The diacetylmorphine content before he waited the 3 days to test.

If the hydrolysis reaction stops at the mono ester, 6-MAM, then that’s perfectly fine but obviously reverting back to morphine is undesirable. Especially if one has a product like black tar which is mostly the mono ester anyways.

Any help is beyond appreciated!

-GC
 
I’ve read that diacetylmorphine degrades to morphine after about 7-8 minutes, I will find out the exact time and repost
 
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