lsd synthesis from ergotamine

Hello friends, I have been planning a synthesis of LSD for a little while. If you would like to see this, let me know. Odds are, I am going to do it anyway, with or without a camera recording, so I am trying to figure out if it is worth the hassle. The synthesis would be on a 100mg scale...

Hello, I want make lsd with this method: Add 1.2 g of ergotamine hydrochloride to 4 ml of anhydrous hydrazine and heat 1 hour at 90°. Add 20 ml of water and evaporate in vacuo, to get d-iso-lysergic acid hydrazine. 1 g of the lysergic hydrazine is powdered well and added to 40 ml of 0.1 N (ice...

Introduction LSD is an unusually fragile molecule, and some comments are in order as to its stability and storage. As a salt, in water, cold, and free from air and light exposure, it is stable indefinitely. There are two sensitive aspects of its structure. The position of the carboxamide...