Methylbenzene (toluene) is what I've heard is supposed to be the non polar solvent Uncle Fester (to name only one) mentions is an excellent solvent for many post reaction workups in which a non-polar solvent is needed. Soooo, after countless runs with everything from naptha to colemans to odorless mineral spirits (hell I even used 98 octane gasoline once), I stumbled onto a nice little moms and pops hardware store that sells toluene for $13.99+tax a gallon.
What I'm wanting to know is this, What the fuck is so good about a N/P that when gassing, doesnt lend itself to just straight up dropping the hcl crytals of meth like colemans does? Also, when titrating (<-??) and adding hcl and Dh2o to the toluene/meth layer, WHY WONT THE DAMN TOLUENE LAYER CLEAR UP?
It's as if even if Swim shakes the damn thing until he cant anymore, then puts it in a paint mixer (hypothetically) and then has every single tweeker in the nation shake up the hcl/dh2o+N/P+goods in the 2 liter bottle, it still wont clear. Why is this?
It was clear before adding the hcl/dh2o to it. So that cloudiness must be goods that arent being transferred into the bottom evaporation layer...right?
Or does toluene just stay cloudy even after all the product has been trasferred into the hcl layer?
Just thought someone with alot of toluene use experience might shed some light on this matter for SWIM. Thanks.