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Lysergic acid diethylamide, known on the streets as LSD, is a semisynthetic psyc

ID: 836863 • Letter: L

Question

Lysergic acid diethylamide, known on the streets as LSD, is a semisynthetic psychedelic drug of the ergoline family. Its unusual psychological effects, which include illusions of colored patterns behind the eyes, a sense of time distorting, crawling geometric patterns, and the loss of the user's sense of identity has made it one of the most widely known psychedelic drugs. (Source: Wikipedia) 1) (1 points) How many conjugated atoms appear in LSD (give a number)? 2) (5 points) Fill in each of the blanks, below: The hybridization of nitrogen #1 is ______________. The hybridization of nitrogen #2 is ______________. The hybridization of nitrogen #3 is ______________. The approximate HN(1)C bond angle is ______________. The approximate H3CN(2)C bond angle is ______________.

Explanation / Answer

(1) : 14

(2) : sp2

(3) : sp3

(4) : sp2

(5) : 120 degree (a bit smaller than)

(6) 109.5 degree ( a bit larger than)