mindsurfer said:
How did you come by this information? Do you know it for a fact, or is it something that you've heard?
Well Uncle Festers practical lsd manafacture (plenty of e-book copies around) is all about this, whether it's trustworthy or not i don't know but his books on meth cooking are pretty popular. Heres part of the contents page copied.
1. LSD Production: An Overview................................................... 1
2. Sources Of The Lysergic Amides.............................................. 5
3. Extraction And Isolation Of
The Lysergic Acid Amides ................................................15
4. LSD Directly From The Lysergic Amides —
The One Pot Shot...............................................................23
5. Lysergic Acid ...........................................................................41
6. LSD From Lysergic Acid And SO3..........................................47
7. LSD From Lysergic Acid And
Trifluoroacetic Anhydride..................................................57
8. LSD From Lysergic Acid And Phosgene ................................61
9. Method X .................................................................................65
10. Solvent Management ...............................................................69