Sunday, July 13, 2014

molecule of the day: lysergic acid

The molecule of the day is lysergic acid:

(PubChem)


"In the context of their species, these flamingos were like space voyagers, those who'd return with tales beyond telling.  Except that they'd never return.  You might as well have immersed the birds in a bathysphere and introduced them to the orcas, or dosed their food with lysergic acid."

 - Jonathan Lethem, "Pending Vegan", 7 April 2014 The New Yorker


Lysergic acid is closely related to lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).

(PubChem)

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