But...believe it or not, I was looking for the original Cerny and Semonsky paper because I suspect that there are errors in the formulas in the Michael Valentine Smith book's formulas!
That is, I question the molar amount of Diethylamine that is listed in Method 5. In Formula 5 it states to use " 13.4 g dry Lysergic Acid and 4 gm Diethylamine", which equates to about 5.7 ml DIE; However, in
Patent US6476199
, which also uses the N,N- Carbonyl Diimidazole method, they start with 4.0 gm Lysergic Acid and use 15.2 ml Diethylamine, which is .15 mole or 10x the molar amount of Lysergic Acid. Which formula is correct??