Oh wow. Do you have an academic background in chemistry? I've heard stories of chem phD students synthesizing in their labs at night. I've considered synthing for the challenge and for personal use, but haven't built up the chutzpah to start.
Those are not stories, that's the industry. Right now most of it is based out of Waterloo with some in upstate NY but honestly the Canadians are wild - check out https://lysergi.com/ they are selling lsd pro drugs on the clear net!
The legal jargon on one of their pages is reminiscent of things I'd see in online pharma websites that sell viagra pills, modafinil, and the like. I'm not sure how the legalese holds up in court though, but trying to pass off as a research company is one vector of approach to try pass off as legit, I suppose.
Interestingly, a lot of these pharma websites are based in Canada. Maybe there's a law I don't know about? Regardless, if I were being incredibly paranoid, a website like this on the clearnet suggests honeypot to me, even though it's most likely not. But still... on the clear net, and I'm assuming chemicals are made in house? Other drug sites buy from India/Mumbai/Sri Lanka/Thailand and ship to their destinations.
I'm impressed that they have access to NMR and LCMS stuff too - or at least they say they do. Shits expensive to buy and maintain. No doubt they are probably operating in an academic chemistry lab.... though I don't blame them. A PhD stipend isn't exactly investment banker status, nor is research funding increasing.
I'm almost positive they operate out of Waterloo's lab or have significant access to their facilities. Otherwise I'm boggled at how they can make sure pure stuff in such quantities.
Hopefully, the psychedelic legalization initiatives in CO and OR will pass and the US can catch up again ;)
I'd be interested if they had tutorials to make your own, but I'm pretty sure they'd like to keep this a trade secret.