Subject: LSD in the Literature

Certainly making LSD from 'scratch' is not currently thought to be cost
effective, however, a variety of publications exist describing how.  I
realize that this compilation may be above most of your heads however
some of the more serious of you might be interested in some of the
literature describing various LSD syntheses.  If you know of others
please post them.

Doll MKH; "A short synthesis of the 8-azaergoline ring system by
intramolecular tandem decarboxylation-cyclization of the Minisci-type
reaction"
       J ORG CHEM 64: (4) 1372-1374 FEB 19 1999

Hurt CR, Lin RH, Rapoport H "Enantiospecific synthesis of (R)-4-amino-5-
oxo-1,3,4,5-tetrahydrobenz[cd]indole, an advanced intermediate
containing the tricyclic core of the ergots"
       J ORG CHEM 64: (1) 225-233 JAN 8 1999

Baenziger M, Mak CP, Muehle H, et al. "Practical synthesis of 8 alpha-
amino-2,6-dimethylergoline: An industrial perspective"
       ORG PROCESS RES DEV 1: (6) 395-406 NOV-DEC 1997

Li ZY, GocSzkutnicka K, McNally AJ, et al. "New synthesis and
characterization of (+)-lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) derivatives and
the development of a microparticle-based immunoassay for the detection
of LSD and its metabolites"
       BIOCONJUGATE CHEM 8: (6) 896-905 NOV-DEC 1997

Waldvogel F, Engeli P, Kusters E
       "Total synthesis of 2,6-dimethylergolin-8 alpha-amines"
       HELV CHIM ACTA 80: (7) 2084-2099 1997

Murphy JA, Scott KA, Sinclair RS, et al.
       "A new synthesis of indoles"
       TETRAHEDRON LETT 38: (41) 7295-7298 OCT 13 1997

Ralbovsky JL, Scola PM, Sugino E, et al.
       "An attempted total synthesis of lysergic acid via an alkene/N-
sulfonylimine cyclization"
       HETEROCYCLES 43: (7) 1497-1512 JUL 1 1996

KREN V, SCIGELOVA M, PRIKRYLOVA V, et al.
        "ENZYMATIC-SYNTHESIS OF BETA-N-ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDES OF ERGOT
ALKALOIDS"
       BIOCATALYSIS 10: (1-4) 181-193 1994

OZLU Y, CLADINGBOEL DE, PARSONS PJ
        "SYNTHESIS OF LYSERGIC-ACID DERIVATIVES BY TANDEM RADICAL
CYCLIZATION REACTIONS"
       SYNLETT (5) 357-358 MAY 1993

KURIHARA T, TERADA T, YONEDA R
        "A NEW SYNTHESIS OF (+/-)-LYSERGIC ACID"
       CHEM PHARM BULL 34: (1) 442-443 JAN 1986

REBEK J, TAI DF
        "A NEW SYNTHESIS OF LYSERGIC-ACID"
       TETRAHEDRON LETT 24: (9) 859-860 1983

KIGUCHI T, HASHIMOTO C, NAITO T, et al.
       A NEW SYNTHESIS OF (+/-)-LYSERGIC ACID
       HETEROCYCLES 19: (12) 2279-2282 1982

OPPOLZER W, FRANCOTTE E, BATTIG K
       TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF (+/-)-LYSERGIC ACID BY AN INTRAMOLECULAR
IMNO-DIELS-ALDER REACTION
       HELV CHIM ACTA 64: (2) 478-481 1981