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2,3,4,5-Tetramethoxyphenethylamine 2,3,4,5-Tetramethoxyphenethylamine (TeMPEA) is a drug of the phenethylamine family related to mescaline (3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine) and the 2C drugs (4-substituted 2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamines). It was reported to be twice as potent as mes ...

(TeMPEA-1) *

TeMPEA-2 2,3,4,6-Tetramethoxyphenethylamine (2,3,4,6-TeMPEA), also known as TeMPEA-2, is a drug of the phenethylamine family related to the psychedelic drug mescaline (3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine). It is one of the possible positional isomers of tetra ...

(2,3,4,6-tetramethoxyphenethylamine) * TeMPEA-3 (2,3,5,6-tetramethoxyphenethylamine) * BOM (drug) (3,4,5,β-tetramethoxyphenethylamine)

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