Anyone using jacketed reactor for CBD isolation?

[cbdisolator]

Would you be so kind as to send me a PM so we can discuss isolate SOPs?

[Cbdstudent]

I’ve been making cbd distillate for sometime and I just purchased a reactor to begin making isolate. Can anyone help with a SOP?? I also purchased pentane as my solvent

[Apothecary36]

There is an SOP if you scroll up

Anyone using jacketed reactor for CBD isolation?

You can use it for recystalazation. Dissolve the cbd in near boiling heptane or pentane and allow to cool slowly to room temp.Continue to cool further past room temp down to freezing -40c . The trick to this is getting the cbd/nonpolar solvent solution as saturated as you can get. Think of it like making a supersaturated salt solution, imagine adding salt to boiling h20 untill the salt wouldent dissolve anymore(like a snow globe in apperaence). This is reaching the max saturation of the solven…

[psychonaut]

Where did you get your reactor? Is it a filter reactor?

[Cbdstudent]

Got it from Usalabs and it was the triple jacketed glass reactor

[steelrollin]

Works amazingly. Thats how we do everything.

[jimmytian8]

It is kind of too late, but just FYI, here is a reactor that design for CBD isolate. It is call filter reactor, because it has a removable bottom with filtration plate:

And some result

[LNK]

I have a reactor soon on the way from USA LABS
It’ll be my first attempt, i have much reading to do. Anything i should know?

[Cbdstudent]

So I purchased mine from USA lab as well because they are local. The owner recommended a friend to come and consult at my facility and taught me and my entire staff how to do the process. The consultant recommended that I use a stainless steel reactor instead

[broken_glassware]

There’s lots of info on this website, use the search bar and you’ll find what ur looking for

[cyclopath]

did your consultant offer their reasoning?

as in the pros and cons of both glass and stainless?

See-thru is great for learning. Stainless has better heat transfer & is not going to break on you and the most in-opportune moment.

[Cbdstudent]

Yes the reasoning behind it was just to prevent breaking when the crystallization starts and you have to remove it. He said he has broken so many glass vessels in this process

[hambread]

@Cbdstudent

Yes the reasoning behind it was just to prevent breaking when the crystallization starts and you have to remove it. He said he has broken so many glass vessels in this process

Let me know when you need to learn how to remove the CBD without breaking the vessel. $100 flat fee - who wants it? Haha

Some days I throw no bones. Some days I want a dollar. Please don’t hate me.

[Woodalldeanna9]

Got it from Cascade Sciences, works amazing, and allows wash in the reactor. It also comes with a mobile cart allowing you to remove isolate easier.

[bblankenhagen]

Currently very new to attempting to create CBD Isolate. I am using a 50L batch reactor. 2:1 Pentane: CBD Distillate. Distillate test > 85%. As I cool down my jacket I do not see crystals forming as I see in other pictures. I see a thick cream colored paste that becomes hard to stir. Any advice would be appreciated.

[Swet254k]

That being said, do you think placing solution in an oven at a set temp and slowly decreasing temp till about room temp is met, will that result in a more desirable crystal formation?

Edit: just realized its a cbd thread. But still.

[Capttripppp]

Follow these directions:

@Soxhlet

You can use it for recystalazation. Dissolve the cbd in near boiling heptane or pentane and allow to cool slowly to room temp.Continue to cool further past room temp down to freezing -40c .
The trick to this is getting the cbd/nonpolar solvent solution as saturated as you can get.

Think of it like making a supersaturated salt solution, imagine adding salt to boiling h20 untill the salt wouldent dissolve anymore(like a snow globe in apperaence). This is reaching the max saturation of the solvent, an additional small amount of solvent is added to “just dissolve” the last bits of salt at the bottom to fully incorperate them.
Then by swinging the tempature of the solvent you can decrease the solubility of the solvent, This allows controlled precipitation of the solute.
The slower you can cool the mixture the larger the crystals will be, this is due to the gradual decrease in solubility. Faster curves lead to small crystals with inclusions. The longer you can remain in the metastable zone the more ideal your results will be.

make sure you run a reflux condenser when you are heating your solvents in your reactor.

[Soxhlet]

@Swet254k

do you think placing solution in an oven at a set temp and slowly decreasing temp till about room temp is met, will that result in a more desirable crystal formation?

if size is your goal yes, a more stable transition will lead to larger formations.

[Chemistreeclub]

First time i noticed this thread. Im guessing heat and drain it to a happy place.

[cyclopath]

look closer at what you’ve made.
you are describing a slurry of crystals.

@CBD.canada

if you want them bigger, cool slower.