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I was reading the synthesis of LSD to LSA and my english level is a medium so i didn't really understood a step of the synthesis https://bbgate.com/tags/lsd-25/ "The reaction mixture is quenched with concentrated ammonium hydroxide (NH4OH) 100 ml 7.5 M. Layers are separated, the aqueous phase...

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Introduction Lysergic acid, the basic fragment derived from the ergot alkaloids, has been synthesized in a fourteen sequence beginning with 3-beta-carboxyethylindole. The starting material was converted to the intermediate 1-benzoyl-5-keto-1,2,2a-3,4,5-hexahydrobenz-[cd]-indole (3), containing...