yeah try it out diethylamine reacts with lysergic acid sure.

of course they don't

i have read a few synths (with out any real data though) that use a solution of  lysergic acid and diethylamine or another tritary amine in an alcohol sealed in a 'pipebomb' fashion that supposedly works, ill have to dig up the data i have on that and post it later. but for now here is some stuff that might help. i have preformed both and can assure you that they work.

Production of Pure D-lysergic acid monohydrate from LAA/Ergine containing plant sources:

(all steps to be done under a red photographic light)

1.) 8 kg of HBWR seeds are ground to a fine powder with the assistance of dry ice or liquid nitrogen.

2.) to the seeds is added a chilled (30*F) acidic methanol (80% MeOH/DH2O) solution of tartaric acid (saturated). the ammount needed is just enough to cover
the powder with 1cm of fluid and is allowed to stand cold for 24 hours in the dark. more acidic methanol may be added as the seed powder absorbes it.

3.) after 24 hours the methanol is removed by vaccume to compleate dryness. the seeds are then made into a slurry with DMF/DCM and loaded into a large column,
the DMF/DCM is allowed to drain through and more is added until test drops evapurate with no residue. save the DMF/DCM filtate.

4.) the residual DMF/DCM is then removed by vaccume and the seed powder loaded back into the column and filled with chilled MeOH and allowed to stand for 2hr before
draining. this is repeated 4 times and the methanol extracts combined, filtered and reduced under vaccume to a small volume. cold ether is added to the methanol solution
untill cloudiness does not dispell and is placed in a very cold fridge for the crystals to set overnight. save this solution. this should afford 6-10g mixed LAA's as the tartarate salt.


5.) the crystals are desolved in 200ml MeOH with 11g KOH and the methanol is removed immediatly by vacuum as soon as the amide is desolved. the residue is desolved in
 200ml 8% KOH in DH2O and heated with a stream of nitrogen passed through it, ammonia gas will be evolved and titrated with HCL to follow the reaction (HCl fumes profusely in
the presence of ammonia gas). as soon as it is compleate cool the solution and slowly add 2 or 3N sulfuric acid untill a PH of 3 is obtained, this will result in precipitation of crude
 D-lysergic acid monohydrate. save the solution.

6.) the crystals should be desolved in 200ml abs. EtOH containing a few ml of strong ammonia (or gassed with anhydrous ammonia untill the solution has gained 3g) the solids
that do not desolve within 1 hr are inorganic and can be discarded. filter the solution through a column packed with 3in of 100 grit basic alumina/silica wetted with anhydrous EtOH.

7.) the alcohol solution is again acidified with 2-3N sulfuric acid untill a PH of 3 is obtained and is placed in the fridge overnight to crystalize. the crystals are filtered out and dried
 in a vaccume desicator or centerfuge. this will yeild  4g to 8g D-lysergic acid monohytrate.

8.) there is still Iso-lysergic acid and amides in the solutions you saved. remove the solvent in all three by vaccume using only heat from a hot water bath under 80*C. desolve the
residues in a mixture of EtOH/MeOH 3:1 and combine. basify with a saturated NaHCO3 solution and extract with ether or chloroform, remove the solvent by vacuum and process
 the residue through steps 5-7 for additional yeild.

9.) desolve the crystals in abs. EtOH and THF 2:3 and process through a chromatography column following the blue band with a weak long wave UV light. collect that fraction and
remove the solvent by vaccume to get pure D-Lysergic acid monohydrate.


the D-LA should be cold stored -0*C in the absence of light and oxygen.


Diethylamine

make a solution of 60g KOH/NaOH (NaOH works better) in EtOH (50ml) its okay if it dosent all dissolve. add 175ml DEET (98.11%) to this solution in an autoclavable media bottle (can withstand high pressures) and place in a crockpot  (sealed) set on high. let it get to 80°C and stay there for 1.5-2hr. over this time the solution will progress from a clear soln to a dark piss yellow soln. after the 1.5-2hr remove and cool the bottle before you open it or you'll spray diethylamine vapor everywhere. fractionaly distill the solution with the addition of 20g lye to the distillation flask. the diethylamine will come over at 55.5°C (or 130°F) the ethyl alcohol will come over at 78.4 °C (or 173 °F) the M-toluic acid dosent boil till about 230°C so you wont be distilling any of that or the lye over. since undoubtedly some of the EtOH and a little water came over you will have to distill again but distill over NaOH (25g per 25ml of distillate) and play close attention to the tempetures as the fractions start coming over. the temp will continue to rise untill it hits the boiling point of the diethylamine and stop there. when it starts to climb again all of the diethylamine is across and the EtOH will start coming over nect would be the water if it didnt get trapped by the lye. you can expect to get about 30g (or 90 ish ml) form 175ml of DEET, that is enough for a few small batches as you only need about 7g per 3g of lysergic acid...

i also dreamed up and idea for a large scale vacuum soxlet type extractor to use when extracting large ammounts of plant material. it would cut down the needed 50gal or so of solvent to about 10L mabey less and the whole thing under an aspirator with a hot water bath for heat would avoid the high temps that would destroy most lysergamides. ill have to post up the schematics when im done with them.

Is there any reason why people do not recycle there solvents with the use of a rotovap (there not terribly difficult to make)?

Rotovaps are essentially a warm water bath.  A airtight swivel(used for glass blowing, easily made).  A motor to rotate.  A vacuum source. and a cold finger.

A functional one can be made for much less then 2-3000.

With a rotovap one could keep re-using ones solvents, cutting down on suspicious aquisitions.

I believe I have seen smaller - questionable ones for around 150 to 200 dollars. I do not know if they would be of any interest, but I guess this is a topic for another place and another time.

does the capillary gas really make it evaporate that much faster?  Could you just rig a room temp distillation setup with a few ambient-air capillarys, stirring and have the condensor running room temp water, have this thing sitting in the corner distilling your solvents slowly but surly?

Why is Director Of Sound's post cut off?  Where is the rest?  Also, Buchi rotovaps can be obtained complete and fully functional with Glassware off ebay used for ~500 bucks if you're patient.

Director of Sound:
For that yield, were the HBWR seeds of good quality, or just average fare?  Hawaiian strain, Indian Strain? 
This is some awesome work if it does in fact work!