Research

Publications

At Usona, our exploration of psychedelic compounds is guided by discovery through scientific rigor. Our Medicinal Chemistry team continues publishing impactful research articles in collaboration with scientists around the globe.

Usona Publications

An Improved, Practical, and Scalable Five-Step Synthesis of Psilocybin

Sherwood, A. M.; Meisenheimer, P.; Tarpley, G.; Kargbo, R. B. Synthesis 2020, 52(05), 688–694.

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Psilocybin: Crystal Structure Solutions Enable Phase Analysis of Prior Art and Recently Patented Examples

Sherwood, A. M.; Kargbo, R. B.; Kaylo, K. W.; Cozzi, N. V.; Meisenheimer, P.; Kaduk, J. A. Acta Crystallogr. Sect. C Struct. Chem. 2022, 78 (1), 36–55.

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Reinforcing Effects of Synthetic Cathinones in Rhesus Monkeys: Dose-Response and Behavioral Economic Analyses

de Moura, F. B.; Sherwood, A.; Prisinzano, T. E.; Paronis, C. A.; Bergman, J.; Kohut, S. J. Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav. 2021, 202

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Discriminative-Stimulus Effects of Synthetic Cathinones in Squirrel Monkeys.

Wakeford, A. G. P.; Sherwood, A. M.; Prisinzano, T. E.; Bergman, J.; Kohut, S. J.; Paronis, C. A. Int. J. Neuropsychopharmacol. 2021, 24 (8), 656–665.

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Psilocybin: Characterization of the Metastable Zone Width (MSZW), Control of Anhydrous Polymorphs, and Particle Size Distribution (PSD)

Kargbo, R. B.; Sherwood, A. M.; Meisenheimer, P.; Lenoch, K.; Abebe, S. ACS Omega 2022, 7 (6), 5429–5436.

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Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Tryptamines Found in Hallucinogenic Mushrooms: Norbaeocystin, Baeocystin, Norpsilocin, and Aeruginascin

Sherwood, A. M.; Halberstadt, A. L.; Klein, A. K.; McCorvy, J. D.; Kaylo, K. W.; Kargbo, R. B.; Meisenheimer, P. J. Nat. Prod. 2020, 83 (2), 461–467. 

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Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of 5-Methylpsilocybin: A Tryptamine with Potential Psychedelic Activity

Fricke, J.; Sherwood, A. M.; Halberstadt, A. L.; Kargbo, R. B.; Hoffmeister, D. J. Nat. Prod. 2021, 84 (4), 1403–1408. 

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Structure Elucidation and Spectroscopic Analysis of Chromophores Produced by Oxidative Psilocin Dimerization

Lenz, C.; Dörner, S.; Sherwood, A.; Hoffmeister, D. Chem. – Eur. J. 2021, 27 (47), 12166–12171.

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