Can dissolving Salvinorin powder in hot boiling solvents cause the Salvinorin to be destroyed?
There are losses each time you dissolve Salvinorin into solvents, each time I have done so and have evaporated the solvent back out of the Salvinorin I have found that some of my Salvinorin has been lost. However, this is a good method to grow crystals. If you heat a vial full of Salvinorin powder in 151 proof Everclear drinking Alcohol (about 25% water) to just under boiling, it will hold far more Salvinorin in the dissolved state when hot than when at room temperature, when the Alcohol cools, crystals will often precipitate out of the fluid, although usually very small. I took the same 25 ml vial full of Salvinorin and re-heated it to boiling four times before I was able to get some nice crystals to appear, but lost Salvinorin each time I did so. Crystals can be grown in 99% Isopropanol or Methanol too, but I have found that 151 proof Alcohol seems to grow larger crystals if re-heated several times, waiting an hour or two for crystals to form between each heating. I always use a micr
