Another purification technique of Harmala alkaloids is described by Phlux in his post "Possible new tek for anything"
here In a nutshell, raw harmala HCl alkaloids are dissolved in a minimal amount of H2O that has been treated with lemon (lime also works) juice. The solution is then combined with an equal volume of acetone and refrigerated. Harmala alkaloids will precipitate out over the course of a few hours. SWIM tried this method and it works very well! It also works using HCl as the acid, but this takes much longer for the alkaloids to precip. The resulting alkaloids were noticeably cleaner than trying several rounds of Manske style cleaning. One benefit of this purification technique is that the acetone helps keep many other impurities in solution while the purified harmaloids crash out. Also harmaloid HCl salts are insoluble in acetone, so there is less risk of washing away SWIY's goodies. If SWIY wants to smoke or vaporize the harmala alkaloids, they must be in freebase form.
1. Dissolve a harmala HCl salts in a minimum of water.
2. Freebase alkaloids by adding a base which has been dissolved in water(preferably Sodium Carbonate, NOT sodium bicarbonate or baking soda) until pH 10-11 is reached. DO NOT USE NaOH if you intend to smoke or vaporize the FB alks, as there WILL be residual NaOH in them. Sodium carbonate is in general a much safer base to work with and will not destroy SWIY's alks and is not as great of a health hazard to heat up.
3. Let precipitates settle, decant, filter and dry.
4. Enjoy!
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