m29t (Stranger)
05-05-04 03:40
No 504903
       Can this pill works to get Pseudoephedrine?  Bookmark   

Well I got in my power few hundred of pills containing the following:
Clorphenamine...............3mg
Paracetamol.................350mg
HCL Pseudoephedrine.........60mg

Is it posibble for me to get a good yield out of that kind of pills and which will be the best way to do it, or should I look for some other kind?
...need all the help I can get???Thanks...
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    uktrials
(Newbee)
05-05-04 04:18
No 504914
       Paracetamol  Bookmark   

I would stick to a brand of pill that does not contain Paracetamol as I have heard that it is a real bugger to get around, not that Prov is any easier like! I am sure there is a way to do this (always is in the hive), but if your just starting out I would stick to another pill WITHOUT Paracetamol.wink
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    jemma_jamerson
(Hive Addict)
05-05-04 05:38
No 504938
       easy  Bookmark   

cold water plus dry acetone boil to rid of the two then a/b
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    jammin
(Hive Bee)
05-05-04 13:24
No 505001
       hmmm  Bookmark   

I think my pills (dont list inactives, but are very small and EU pills) ar filled with only withstarch or something .

The reason for this is that i tried a water boil, and it turned to gel...

Should i try to wash with cold dh20, then acetone boil and AB?

I think i read that l-ephdrine is bare soluble in water .. How do i AB this? I have only done ab with h20.

Should i use an alc and NP?
-jAmmin 		 
 
 
 
    Osmium
(Stoni's sexual toy)
05-05-04 14:03
No 505005
       Don't make it so complicated.  Bookmark   

Don't make it so complicated.
Extract with water, filter, basify and extract the freebase.
Or extract with alcohol, filter and evaporate.
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    jammin
(Hive Bee)
05-05-04 14:39
No 505013
       I tried to go the easy route  Bookmark   

And extract 3x with IPA (20ml pr 6g of pill mass), but all i got was 0.5 g out of 3 possible....

6g pillmass = 3g e.hcl

I let all extractions stand 25 minutes before filtering...
-jAmmin 		 
 
 
 
    kris_1108
(Hive Bee)
05-05-04 22:28
No 505099
       Heat and Solubilities  Bookmark   

Hi Jammin
I read that you only got 0.5gm from 3 grams available.
If you still have that pill mass, maybe you could try adding 150mL alcohol, and heating the whole lot, and then filter off the alcohol while it's still hot. Solutes are generally more soluble in HOT solvents.

This may improve your yield. 		 
 
 
 
    jammin
(Hive Bee)
05-06-04 14:27
No 505282
       Thanks!  Bookmark   

Some other bee also suggested this yesterday, and i tried...

Result:

2.9g of 3 possible...
A minute inprovement..  blush

Now that i have separated the two, what would bee the best way of testing for purity?

I tried to burn on foil.
It caught fire and left no residue, just discolored the foil...

But im sure other inactives can do the same.
Any other way to test?
-jAmmin 		 
 
 
 
    Newton
(Hive Bee)
05-06-04 21:24
No 505371
       Any other way to test?  Bookmark   

Any other way to test?

Melting point, TLC

Also try to heat it slowly (so it does not catch fire), by putting an little on aluminum foil on a hotplate. 		 
 
 
 
    kris_1108
05-07-04 13:52
       Testing, one, two
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