Psychedelic Chemistry - Hampapartiet

Psychedelic Chemistry[index]Preface to the First Editionby Michael Valentine SmithThe whole field of psychedelics, including areas of botany, chemistry, and pharmacology, is still in a primitive state. Thousands ofpotential psychedelics have been synthesized which have not been tested on man, some of the more promising of which areindicated in these pages. Also, anyone conversant with contemporary advances in synthetic methods could devise better ways tosynthesize most psychedelics. I have endeavored to gather here all the more useful information on the synthesis and structureactivity relationships of the compounds loosely referred to as psychedelics, of which LSD, mescaline, and the active constituents ofCannabis are the most notorious prototypes. In each section, the simplest methods, or those giving the highest yields, are given first.The many synthetic routes contained in the literature, but omitted here, will usually be found to involve greater difficulty, or loweryield. Each synthesis is an abbreviated, reworded, and often translated extract from a longer paper. While I have tried to make themaccurate and coherent, a fuller understanding as well as a correction of the inevitable blunders may be achieved by consulting theoriginal papers cited. Occasionally, material will be found which is not contained in the cited work, and which is my attempt tosupplement the description. Though possessing little knowledge of chemistry, I have undertaken this task because the only previousefforts of which I am aware are so dismally inadequate. It is my fondest hope that some highly skilled chemist will use the presenteffort as an outline in producing a thoroughly competent work on psychedelic chemistry. Such a document should significantlyaccelerate the psychedelic revolution.[index]file:///L:/e-books/psychedelicchemistry/preface1.html [02.09.2007 14:37:59]