TME, or
thio metaescaline, is a series of lesser-known
psychedelic drugs
Psychedelics are a subclass of Hallucinogen, hallucinogenic drugs whose primary effect is to trigger psychoactive drug, non-ordinary mental states (known as psychedelic experiences or "trips") and a perceived "expansion of consciousness". Also ...
similar in structure to
mescaline
Mescaline, also known as mescalin or mezcalin, and in chemical terms 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine, is a natural product, naturally occurring psychedelic drug, psychedelic alkaloid, protoalkaloid of the substituted phenethylamine class, found ...
. Their structures are based on that of
metaescaline. They were first synthesized by
Alexander Shulgin
Alexander Theodore "Sasha" Shulgin (June 17, 1925 – June 2, 2014) was an American biochemist, broad researcher of synthetic psychoactive compounds, and author of works regarding these, who independently explored the organic chemistry and ph ...
and recorded in his book ''
PiHKAL (Phenethylamines i Have Known And Loved)''. Very little is known about their dangers or toxicity.
TME compounds
See also
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Substituted mescaline analogue
A substituted mescaline analogue, also known as a scaline and typically but not always a 4-substituted 3,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine, is an analogue of the phenethylamine serotonergic psychedelic mescaline (3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine).
Other ...
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PiHKAL
''PiHKAL: A Chemical Love Story'' is a book by Alexander Shulgin and Ann Shulgin published in 1991. The subject of the work is Psychoactive drug, psychoactive phenethylamine Derivative (chemistry), chemical derivatives, notably those that act ...
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Mescaline
Mescaline, also known as mescalin or mezcalin, and in chemical terms 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine, is a natural product, naturally occurring psychedelic drug, psychedelic alkaloid, protoalkaloid of the substituted phenethylamine class, found ...
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Metaescaline
External links
3-TME entry in ''PiHKAL''3-TME entry in PiHKAL • info4-TME entry in ''PiHKAL''4-TME entry in PiHKAL • info5-TME entry in ''PiHKAL''5-TME entry in PiHKAL • info
{{Phenethylamines
Ethoxy compounds
Methoxy compounds
Psychedelic phenethylamines
Scalines
Thioethers