Could a magician make psilocin from 4hydroxyindole using the same way to synth DMT from indole?
"When I was younger I played with legos. But now I am older and I play with atoms."
Yes, if you add an acetyl or benzyl protecting group to the OH and use harsher / longer reaction times (e.g. in reduction reactions).
Search Rhodium's or my site (
http://www.fortunecity.com/westwood/storey/116/ (http://www.fortunecity.com/westwood/storey/116/)
) for literature references. :)
But the trick is to get some 4-oh-indole, it's not that easye
The detailed recipe is in TIHKAL, in lycaeum or erowid.