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Lysergic acid

Lysergic acid

Lysergic acid, also known as D-lysergic acid and (+)-lysergic acid, is a precursor for a wide range of ergoline alkaloids that are produced by the ergot fungus and found in the seeds of Turbina corymbosa (ololiuhqui), Argyreia nervosa (Hawaiian baby woodrose), and Ipomoea tricolor (morning glories, tlitliltzin). Amides of lysergic acid, lysergamides, are widely used as pharmaceuticals and as psychedelic drugs (LSD). Lysergic acid received its name as it was a product of the lysis of various ergot alkaloids.[2]

Lysergic acid
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Names
IUPAC name
7-Methyl-4,6,6a,7,8,9-hexahydroindolo[4,3-fg]quinoline-9-carboxylic acid
Other names
6-Methyl-9,10-didehydroergoline-8-carboxylic acid
Identifiers
CAS Number
3D model (JSmol)
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ChEBI
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard100.001.302 [18]
IUPHAR/BPS
PubChemCID
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Properties
C16H16N2O2
Molar mass268.316 g·mol−1
Melting point238 to 240 °C (460 to 464 °F; 511 to 513 K)
Acidity (pKa)pKa1= 7.80, pKa2= 3.30 [1]
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Total synthesis

Lysergic acid is generally produced by hydrolysis[3] of natural lysergamides, but can also be synthesized in the laboratory by a complex total synthesis for example by Robert Burns Woodward's team in 1956.[4] An enantioselective total synthesis based on a palladium-catalyzed domino cyclization reaction has been described in 2011 by Fujii and Ohno.[5] Lysergic acid monohydrate crystallizes in very thin hexagonal leaflets when recrystallized from water. Lysergic acid monohydrate, when dried (140 °C at 2 mmHg or 270 Pa) forms anhydrous lysergic acid.

The biosynthetic route is based on the alkylation of the amino acid tryptophan with dimethylallyl diphosphate (isoprene derived from 3R-mevalonic acid) giving 4-dimethylallyl-L-tryptophan which is N-methylated with S-adenosyl-L-methionine. Oxidative ring closure followed by decarboxylation, reduction, cyclization, oxidation, and allylic isomerization yields D-(+)-lysergic acid.[2]

Isomers

Chemical structures of lysergic acid isomers

Chemical structures of lysergic acid isomers

Lysergic acid is a chiral compound with two stereocenters. The isomer with inverted configuration at carbon atom 8 close to the carboxyl group is called isolysergic acid. Inversion at carbon 5 close to the nitrogen atom leads to L-lysergic acid and L-isolysergic acid, respectively. Lysergic acid is listed as a Table I precursor under the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.[6]

See also

References

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Citation Link//doi.org/10.1021%2Fjo102388eInuki, S.; Iwata, A.; Oishi, S.; Fujii, N.; Ohno, H. (2011). "Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (+)-Lysergic Acid, (+)-Lysergol, and (+)-Isolysergol by Palladium-Catalyzed Domino Cyclization of Allenes Bearing Amino and Bromoindolyl Groups". J. Org. Chem. 76 (7): 2072–2083. doi:10.1021/jo102388e.
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