I don't know about what temp, I just used the candle in a can method as described in the instructions. The vial was definitely HOT, I'd say over a 100 C°. I had it reacting for about 1.5 hours, but I think that was too much. Some other compound appeared after recrystallization, amongst the meth shards there were little…
Sorry haters, but this is a SUCCESS story! for all those who have failed, it's probably because your ingredients lacked purity. In this story, 1800mg of PSE were first water extracted, then A/B extracted and kept in water solution. Iodine was obtained by reacting 1 part potassium iodide in water solution with 1 part…
Ok I think I figured it out. It has to be potassium iodide in water solution, hence the addition of peroxide which will convert it to iodine. And the tube/ballon thing is basically a ghetto reflux apparatus. How bad is this in terms of stench? Can it be done in a condo without attracting too much attention?
I'm a bit confused about the iodine ratio too. When you say 3g of iodine tincture, can this even be a solution as low as 5% ? I couldn't find any higher so far. Also, is this referring to an iodine in ethanol solution or the potassium iodide with iodine in water solution?
Question: is 2.4g pseudo the maximum one can react using this setup? If one would put 5g pseudo and 2 Li strips in... would the yield be proportional? Would that require 2x the ammounts of NaOH/Lye?