so i've been trying to squeeze the morphine sulfate out of the rest of the junk & waxes.
i tried dissolving the crushed pills in acidic water (dissolving citric acid prior to), heating, adding non-polar carbohydrate solvent (used a paint stripper i had nearby, which was made up from mineral turpentine and orthoxylene). i thought about using toluene instead, perhaps mixed in with petroleum ether, but those were unavailable at the moment.
the organic layer seemed to not pull much, if anything.
i don't mind experimenting til i get it, but i don't have as much resource.
then, the conversion part:
1) would adding HCl (is HCl strong an acid enough) straight to the m.sulfate solution break the sulfate and convert to HCl?
2) adding ammonia or 10% NaOH to pH 8.5/9 and then freeze/cool precipitating perhaps? to get tha base.
3) or just shove sodium carbonate?
i tried dissolving the crushed pills in acidic water (dissolving citric acid prior to), heating, adding non-polar carbohydrate solvent (used a paint stripper i had nearby, which was made up from mineral turpentine and orthoxylene). i thought about using toluene instead, perhaps mixed in with petroleum ether, but those were unavailable at the moment.
the organic layer seemed to not pull much, if anything.
i don't mind experimenting til i get it, but i don't have as much resource.
then, the conversion part:
1) would adding HCl (is HCl strong an acid enough) straight to the m.sulfate solution break the sulfate and convert to HCl?
2) adding ammonia or 10% NaOH to pH 8.5/9 and then freeze/cool precipitating perhaps? to get tha base.
3) or just shove sodium carbonate?





