OK, so finally someone is doing N-alkylatipon the right way - formaldehyde and NaBH3CN is the only real decent way to go about this. The methyl iodide approach ain't happening for DMT, IMHO.
One question KrZ - it seems like you might have the salt here? The pKa of a tertiary amine is something on the order of 11, so bringing the solution to pH = 8 should still be the HCl or HOAc salt. The other thing that makes me think that might be what you got is the easy crystallization that you get. In my experience, DMT freebase is a waxy, low melting solid that is very difficult to get to really crystallize - that's the reason for the varying melting points that are reported.
OTOH, trying to make the acid salt of DMT leads to some rearrangements (I think - things certainly get very colorful when I've tried), and I assume that you've sampled the product, so take my comments worth a grain of salt (so to speak). I assume that the chloride or acetate is not smokeable (smokable?).
I still like the indole to DMT route using oxalyl chloride/Me2NH followed by LiAlH4. If you can get the chemicals, it's hard to beat, and indole is easy to get in large quantities. The intermediate glyoxamide is very quick and easy to make and is very stable, so you can make a big batch of that and LAH small amounts as needed. If you make a bunch of DMT (7 grams qualifies as a bunch in the DMT world
), you have to keep it in the freezer to keep it from turning red.
STQ...
I can take it or leave it, but, so far, I always seem to take it...