Also, most journals are behind pay walls, but all universities have subscriptions, and most universities have public wifi access points, like around their student centers. You don't have to be a student, but you can sit nonchalantly in the student center and get access to most research journals for free. If you are incapable of understanding the literature and need a recipe-style guide instead, then you are not ready to make LSD, because you don't understand the underlying theory enough to fix problems in your synthesis.