purifying propylexedrine citrate

[miguelsanders]

So I'm doing this just to see if I,can pruify a chem.I dissolved the propyl in lemon juice
And then slow evaped it and I have a gooey sludge with crystals of propylexedrine
Citrate how do I go about cleaning it up,Google yielded no help

 

[Jackeh]

You could do an acid base extraction I think.

The citrate salt must be dissolved in water. You add a base, such as sodium hydroxide (baking soda MAY work here, not sure?). This will create an oil layer. Add a non polar solvent, such as butane (not sure if it's the best solvent to use for this though). Shake both layers together, most of the free base propylhexedrine should be in the butane layer.

Separate the layers by decanting, turkey baster, or a separating funnel if you have one. Keep the butane layer.

Add an acid, such as HCl, citric acid, etc. to create an aqueous layer and to salt the propylhexedrine. Add water and shake both layers together. The propylhexedrine salt should now be in the water layer. Separate again, keeping the water layer - then evaporate it. You should have a cleaner product at the end.

A/B extraction might not be appropriate for this though, I'm not sure - chemistry is a bit rusty.

 

[miguelsanders]

Thanks I'm basically just trying to dissolve whatever impurities are in lemon juice my source citric acid

 

[sekio]

don't use lemon juice next time. too mucvh other shit in it.

you basically have to acid/base extract it again or recrystallize it from a saturated solution

 

[ebola?]

Also, please don't IV it. Multiple people have died doing that despite very few people having attempted such.

ebola