if someone could tell me if this would work so i wont waste my time...
extracting pure dxm using:
tussin cough and cold syrup(only Dextromethorphan as active ingredient)
clear ammonia
citric acid
Naphtha
if i were to empty a 4oz. bottle of tussin into a 2 liter bottle, then add 4 oz. of ammonia.
agitate it for a few minutes.
then add 4 oz. of naphtha.
agitate it for 5 or 6 minutes.
pour the mixture into a big zip lock bag.
let everything seperate.
cut a small hole in the corner of the bottle bag.
drain out the red ammonia/syrup mixture.
then drain the naphtha mixture into a new bottle.
take citric acid, about the same amount as the naphtha and dilute it with a little water. mix the naphtha and citric acid for a good 5 to 10 minutes.
then pour this mixture into another zip lock bag.
let the mixture settle.
cut a hole in the bottom of the bag. drain out the citric acid into a glass dish and throw the naphtha away.
put the glass dish over a low heat untill it disolved into a powder.
would this method work?
or would some innocent person die?
from what i have read, once you mix the tussin with the ammonia, the molecules combine. then, once you add the naptha the dxm molecules leave the syrup and the ammonia and go with the naptha.
finally, when you mix the naptha/dxm mixture with the diluted citric acid, the acid grabes ahold of it.
do i have any chance of making some somewhat pure dxm powder?
