The problem with lsd synthesis following a manuscript from online is one thing...you are following information posted online. When will people learn that >70 % of the information online is either bogus or disinformation, or been disinformation. This includes info from your friend...because where do you think they got their info?
First of all, LSD synthesis is really simple from the things that we commonly have in nature. True LSD is basically a one step chemical reaction. If you want other variants...this is where the complex crystalline growth comes in(AS LSD is a crystal technology). This is the reason why Timothy Leary could make such massive amounts of LSD. It is also the reason why we call it LSD, and use that name and other names. If you kept using its true name, Lysergic diethyl amide, you would quickly understand how to synthesize it from easy to find components. Which is how people can make it in bathtubs, It is an incredibly easy substance to make. It is purely through the spread of disinformation(like using methyl alcohol as one of the ingredients...just plain dangerous and stupid, that is going to create sickening LSD for sure...).
Keep it simple stupid. Your real question is how to I convert Lysergic amide, to lysergic diethylamide. The answer is directly in the conversion question itself If you but ask the right question.
Then you can make massive amounts of it safely...without the bathtub part. The ergot fungus is not needed at all, and presents a whole host of problems...
Just think, lysergic amide to lysergic diethylamide. OVer and and over. Eventually youll get it. Someone told me this a while back and it took me about a year to get it. I laughed so hard when I finally got it, attempted it, and it worked, because it is direct proof that we are constantly being manipulated by propaganda, even in our minds. Once you are free from this...Lysergic diethyl amide takes a sideline. Anybody who has any respect for another person wouldn't say a peep on how to create this crystal, because the realization of how to is more freeing than anything else. You can make Lysergic diethyl amide anywhere you are at without a chemistry set lol, even in the desert if you knew the right plants to get...
Remember...disinformation lies at every corner. Even your chemistry bachelor dude doesn't know how to create it...because everyone is doing the same thing-looking elsewhere for information, and not actually having a productive original thought.
There is one thought, and one action, by one individual that can fix all humanities troubles. Say its a law of infinity. Those that accept this understand the Truth...those that don't still have their minds on lockdown by societies enforcer. Those that understand that they are that potential individual...those are the ones that can do whatever they wish, and will do whatever they wish, and no one is going to say a damn thing about it.