Thiotrisescaline (T-TRIS) is a series of lesser-known
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 ...
s prepared as potential
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 ...
. There are two
isomer
In chemistry, isomers are molecules or polyatomic ions with identical molecular formula – that is, the same number of atoms of each element (chemistry), element – but distinct arrangements of atoms in space. ''Isomerism'' refers to the exi ...
s, 3-T-TRIS and 4-T-TRIS, each similar in structure to
trisescaline
Trisescaline (3,4,5-triethoxyphenethylamine) is a lesser-known phenethylamine prepared as a possible psychedelic drug. It is an analog of mescaline. Trisescaline was first synthesized by Alexander Shulgin. In his book ''PiHKAL'', both the minimum ...
with a sulfur atom in a place of a different oxygen atom. 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 described in his book ''
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 ...
''.
4-T-TRIS entry in ''PiHKAL''
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T-TRIS compounds
See also
* 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 ...
* 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 ...
* Trisescaline
Trisescaline (3,4,5-triethoxyphenethylamine) is a lesser-known phenethylamine prepared as a possible psychedelic drug. It is an analog of mescaline. Trisescaline was first synthesized by Alexander Shulgin. In his book ''PiHKAL'', both the minimum ...
References
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Scalines
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