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Ketamine adulterated with sugar, any chemists know how to seperate it?

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Hi guys,

I got some ketamine for free off my dealer, which he gave to us since someone staying at his house was pinching ketamine off him, and replacing/mixing the missing k with sugar. He can't sell it so he gave me a bunch of grams of it for free.

Since I don't really fancy snorting sugar, is there any reliable way to seperate the sugar from the ketamine? Bit of a weird question, can anyone shine some light on this?

Cheers! :)
 
Maybe an anhydrous acetone wash.... Standard acetone will not work, you need to try it.

I think acetone will dissolve the sugar but not the ketamine, you just have to try it first.

For more research, look into solvents that will dissolve either the ketamine but not the sugar or the sugar but not the ketamine.

That seems the most simple way of going about it.... You could do some acid/base stuff. but i doubt it would be worth the effort.
 
Not to troll or anything but I'm sure there's no problem with snorting sugar. Even large amounts.
 
It doesn't burn that bad, but does clog your nose up a treat.
My friend got conned of 3 litres cut with sugar. Just don't cook it like she did.:!
At least you didn't pay for it!

I know it's not great for you but couldn't you ingest. (mix it with a cuppa?=D)

Peace
 
Solipsis said:
A wash indeed sounds better than an acid-base extraction.
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Both would work... choice of solvent is the important bit....

if im thinking correctly, anhydrous acetone, or at least as close to it as possible would probably work. Am i correct in my assumption that sugar should dissolve in acetone but the ketamine will not?
 
isnt a wash essentially an extraction I mean, my understanding is that the only difference in the terminology is what you are keeping for your end product, and what you are throwing away.


Or are you saying rather than doing an A/B that there is already a solvent you are aware of that will dissolve one particulate but not the other regardless of PH?
 
An acid/base extraction involves 2 solvents and a lot more than just 2 solvent washes. A wash has no acids or bases involved and is just that, a wash...
 
Clarke's: ketamine HCl: Soluble 1 in 4 of water, 1 in 14 of ethanol and 1 in 6 of methanol; sparingly soluble in chloroform; practically insoluble in ether.
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Anhydrous (water-free) alcohols would be your best bet for a wash: sugar hardly dissolves in that. Evaporate the alcohol and recover the ketamine.

But I don't feel confident about this at all and can't find solubility of either compound in acetone.
Perhaps acid-base extraction is better after all but it's a pain in the ass without a separatory funnel. A turkey baster is sometimes used as substitute.

The commonality between a wash and an extraction is a difference in solubility of two compounds you mean to separate. Separation can be facilitated by solubility at different temperatures (freeze-precipitation), different solvents (quick wash), different acidity of polar-solvent plus the extraction itself with non-polar solvent, or by using one solvent and adding another one that 1 of the compounds is insoluble in, thereby crashing it out.

There are similarities and differences. You figure it out. :)
 
Thanks for the input guys. The methods people have suggested sound well complicated given my limited lab experience. I think i'm just gonna end up snorting it with the sugar mixed in. :D but thanks a bunch anyway guys :D
 
Haha, this sort of "separation" thread comes by with a certain frequency here, I don't mean extremely often but certainly now and then...
...and I always ask myself: are non-chemist people asking this with only 2g of impure material going "Oh.... shit" when they hear the tips :D

Of course there are cases where it is worth the hassle like in bigger quantities or for people who have some equipment anyway, from DMT extractions for example. I'm not trying to make a point here.
 
Try putting it in a cup of coffie and stir.. Then drink ;D

It sounds like it'll probably be too tough for you to seperate the 2 substances, so go ahead and snort it :P

I wish you the best possible pre-christmas k-hole...!



Kind Regards
blazR
 
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