1,2-Diphenylethylamine is an

organic compound Some chemical authorities define an organic compound as a chemical compound that contains a carbon–hydrogen or carbon–carbon bond; others consider an organic compound to be any chemical compound that contains carbon. For example, carbon-co ...

and the parent compound of a group of 1,2-diarylethylamine containing

NMDA receptor antagonist NMDA receptor antagonists are a class of drugs that work to receptor antagonist, antagonize, or inhibit the action of, the NMDA, ''N''-Methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDA receptor, NMDAR). They are commonly used as anesthetics for humans and anima ...

s and

dissociative hallucinogen Dissociatives, colloquially dissos, are a subclass of hallucinogens that distort perception of sight and sound and produce feelings of detachment – dissociation – from the environment and/or self. Although many kinds of drugs are capable of ...

s that includes

diphenidine Diphenidine (1,2-DEP, DPD, DND) is a dissociative anesthetic that has been sold as a designer drug. Diphenidine was first synthesized in 1924 using a Bruylants reaction similar to the one later employed in the discovery of phencyclidine in 1 ...

ephenidine Ephenidine (also known as NEDPA and EPE) is a Dissociative drug, dissociative anesthesia, anesthetic that has been sold online as a designer drug. It is illegal in some countries as a structural isomer of the banned opioid drug lefetamine, but ha ...

fluorolintane Fluorolintane (also known as 2-FPPP and 2-F-DPPy) is a dissociative anesthetic drug that has been sold online as a designer drug. Fluorolintane and related diarylethylamines are antagonists of the NMDA receptor and have been studied ''in vitro' ...

, and methoxyphenidine among others.

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