Divinorin A (Ia) is the first terpenoid clearly recognized as a gsxchoo trop, and Divinorin B, both from the mint plant Salvia divinorum (Mexican mint), are confirmed in terms of their structures.
Hydrogenation of LSD (I) with hydrogen over palladium on carbon yields dihydrolysergic acid diethylamide (II), whereas hydrogenation of iso-LSD (III) gives a mixture of the dihydro compounds (IV) and (V).
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A chemical reaction converts 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenylacetonitrile (I) with bromopropionitrile in the presence of sodium hydride in dimethylformamide to yield a glutaronitrile derivative (II) in 50% yield. Subsequent alkaline hydrolysis of (II) produces a glutaric acid derivative (III) in 77% yield.
Amidation of lysergic acid (I) using triphenyl phosphite/imidazole/phosphoric acid tris-(dimethylamide) or phosphoric acid tris-(dimethylamide)/tosyl chloride yields compounds (II) and (III). With the latter reagent, compounds (II) are obtained in 68-75% yield and compounds (III) in up to 3-8% yield.