Talk:Calcium morphenate

Added an external reference. --BwB (talk) 16:51, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Structure

I made an image of possible structure of compound in here.

It might be either one proton less morphine Ca²⁺ 2( C₁₇H₁₈NO₃)⁻ or two protons less Ca²⁺ (C₁₇H₁₇NO₃)²⁻ as in image. Suggestions? --RicHard-59 (talk) 12:18, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

As described in this article, "calcium morphenate" generally does not refer to a single chemical compound, but rather to the complex mixture obtained by treating opium (itself a complex mixture) with calcium carbonate. I don't think it is useful to try to depict it as a chemical structure diagram. -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:57, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Disagree. In the link Description of heroin manufacturing it says "Slaked lime (calium hydroxide), at about one-fifth the mass of opium ... is added to the solution. This has the effect of converting morphine, insoluble in cool water, into the soluble salt, calcium morphenate. For the most part, the other alkaloids do not react, and when the mixture is cooled, the morphenate remains in solution, while the other chemicals settle to form a brown sludge at the bottom of the container. (Codeine is somewhat soluble in water and some amount is likely to remain in solution)." --RicHard-59 (talk) 11:12, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

• Shouldn't this be "calcium morphinate"? SemperBlotto (talk) 06:01, 21 October 2017 (UTC)