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Concise Large-Scale Synthesis of Psilocin and Psilocybin, Principal Hallucinogenic Constituents of "Magic Mushroom"
Osamu Shirota, Wataru Hakamata, and Yukihiro Goda
J. Nat. Prod.; 2003; ASAP Web Release Date: 30-May-2003;
http://pubs3.acs.org/acs/journals/doilookup?in_doi=10.1021/np030059u (http://pubs3.acs.org/acs/journals/doilookup?in_doi=10.1021/np030059u)
(Note) DOI: 10.1021/np030059u
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Java: I've found that article at about the same time as you did, just saw it! Amazing... Amazing...
However, here is the full-text for those without acsess: http://pharmacist8.tripod.com/psiloindustrial.pdf (http://pharmacist8.tripod.com/psiloindustrial.pdf)
Abstract: The concise large-scale syntheses of psilocin (1) and psilocybin (2), the principal hallucinogenic constituents of "magic mushroom", were achieved without chromatographic purification. The key step in the synthesis of 2 was the isolation of the dibenzyl-protected intermediate (7) as a zwitterionic derivative (8), which was completely identified by means of 2D NMR analyses.
This is major advance when it comes to synth of psilocybin considering the shitty yield (10%) as presented in TiHKAL for the preparation of the phosphate ester...
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I have uploaded it to
https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/pdf/psilocin-psilocybin.large-scale.pdf (https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/pdf/psilocin-psilocybin.large-scale.pdf)