2,3,4,5-Tetramethoxyphenethylamine (TeMPEA) is a
drug
A drug is any chemical substance other than a nutrient or an essential dietary ingredient, which, when administered to a living organism, produces a biological effect. Consumption of drugs can be via insufflation (medicine), inhalation, drug i ...
of the
phenethylamine
Phenethylamine (PEA) is an organic compound, natural monoamine alkaloid, and trace amine, which acts as a central nervous system stimulant in humans. In the brain, phenethylamine regulates monoamine neurotransmission by binding to trace ami ...
family related 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 ...
(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine) and the
2C drugs (4-substituted 2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamines).
It was reported to be twice as
potent as mescaline in producing behavioral changes in animals.
However, it does not seem to have been tested in humans.
The drug was not described in
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 ...
's
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 ...
, though it was included in ''
The Shulgin Index, Volume One: Psychedelic Phenethylamines and Related Compounds''.
A
derivative
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is
2,3,4,5-tetramethoxyamphetamine
Tetramethoxyamphetamine (TeMA), or 2,3,4,5-tetramethoxyamphetamine, is a lesser-known psychedelic drug and a substituted amphetamine. Tetramethoxyamphetamine was first synthesized by Alexander Shulgin. In his book '' PiHKAL (Phenethylamines i Hav ...
(TeMA), which ''was'' included in PiHKAL, and was reported to be inactive in humans at the tested doses.
See also
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Substituted methoxyphenethylamine
Methoxyphenethylamines (MPEAs), as well as methoxyamphetamines (MAs) in the case of the amphetamine (α-methylphenethylamine) homologues, are substituted phenethylamines with one or more methoxy groups. In some cases, one or more of the methoxy ...
References
External links
TeMPEA - isomer design
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2C (psychedelics)
Methoxyphenethylamines
Scalines