PROTONATION OF METHAMPHETATEMINE WITH HYDROGEN CHLORIDE A PSA FROM THE N-ISOPROPYLZODIAC I have seen many posts and comments on Reddit and elsewhere with various misconceptions about protonating the methamphetamine molecule with hydrogen chloride. To save some headache for fellow bees stumbling their way through the initiation of precipitation, hopefully this in-depth release will bring some clarity. There are a few things to remember. If you are attempting to protonate methamphetamine by “titration”(sic), e.g. dripping muriatic/hydrochloric acid or acetone hydrochloride into an organic solvent, stop now. Just because something was written on the hive, does not mean it is gospel. Production of truly clean, dry HCl is one way to separate the men from the boys. The reality is simple: you must dry gas With very few exceptions. Gassing with hydrogen chloride Before we can begin with an explanation or instruction on an endeavor such as this, it must first be clarified that there are correct ways to generate hydrogen chloride, and there are incorrect ways to generate hydrogen chloride. While many of these methods will, in fact, produce hydrogen chloride, there is only, arguably, one route to the true goods. It will be henceforth described. The specific “equipment” isn't absolutely necessary, as many high-quality gas generators have been constructed artfully in many different ways. However, this equipment will function very nominally, if construction and application descriptions are adhered to. Things you will need: 1. Two HDPE applicator bottles with a tapered, conical applicator tip. 2. HDPE pipettes. 3. 5/16” vinyl hose. 4. Small steel hose clamps. 5. Pliers 6. Glass dropper stem 7. PTFE thread-sealant tape 8. Concentrated H2SO4 9. Dry NaCl 10. Dry Acetone. 11. A box of baking soda on standby. 12. A vessel containing a dried organic solution of methamphetamine freebase in your choice of aromatic hydrocarbon or “substrate” (s/o miyagi) Begin by drying everything with anhydrous acetone to remove condensation/humidity from the hard to reach places in your applicator bottles. Take, then, an HDPE applicator bottle, and using pliers, crush the conical applicator tip slightly so as to create a flat surface on either side of the applicator tip. This is used to keep a hose clamp from sliding upward on the tapered surface and consequently potentially disconnecting your first length of vinyl hose from the primary generator. Then affix the shortest comfortable length of 5/16 th vinyl hose onto the tapered applicator tip and secure it with a steel hose clamp positioned over the area of the tip you crushed with pliers. Tighten it considerably. Fill this applicator bottle roughly 40% the total volume with dry sodium chloride, which can be prepared with a microwave or an oven, or a high powered torch, or 1.8 gigawatts or whatever else you want to use to get some table salt really hot. Now take a second applicator bottle and bore a ~5/16th” hole in the side of the body of the bottle, and subsequently wrap a few layers of PTFE thread-sealant tape around the tip of the first length of hose. Feed this length of hose directly into the second applicator bottle. This will be used to pass your hydrogen chloride through a drying chamber, which is manufactured by loading the second applicator bottle with concentrated sulfuric acid. Repeat the same procedure as earlier onto the tip of the second applicator bottle using a second length of 5/16 th vinyl hose, and jam a glass dropper stem into the end of this hose (tip-end going inward, or retrograde relative to the path of the gas you are generating. The “more open” end of the dropper stem should be facing your methamphetamine freebase. If necessary, wrap the joint of the dropper stem and hose with some PTFE tape to verify a good seal. Generally, the dropper stem will fit nicely into the 5/16 th hose without any need to seal it further. It has been suggested that a 5/16 th check valve could be used immediately before the glass dropper stem to prevent catastrophic suck-back, but the author of this writeup would generally advise against submerging your gassing hose into your organic solvent anyway. Fill the second applicator bottle generously with concentrated sulfuric acid. Carefully unthread the first applicator bottle from the generator line, and begin dripping concentrated sulfuric acid into the sodium chloride contained within it. Quickly thread this applicator bottle closed again, and begin pumping dry hydrogen chloride into your organic solution. The only parts of this procedure which are even remotely difficult are: 1. Being sufficiently cautious enough with sulfuric acid. 2. The first time you build your generator. You have absolutely NO EXCUSE to be dripping muriatic pool acid into your methamphetamine freebase. This is a lie which was taught to you by the disinformation propaganda machine affectionately referred to as “the-hive.ws” and its affiliates at erowid.org. Let's put away this titration talk. It's a fucking waste of time. The baking soda is just in case shit hits the fan. You will know what I mean the first time you need it. And you WILL need it. Here's a picture, and then a cipher. Fuck you, Don Cheney and fuck you too Robert Graysmith.