3,5-Dimethoxyphenethylamine

3,5-Dimethoxyphenethylamine
Clinical data
Other names	3,5-DMPEA; DMPEA-6; 4-Desmethoxymescaline; 4-Demethoxymescaline
Identifiers
	IUPAC name 2-(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)ethanamine;
CAS Number	3213-28-3;
PubChem CID	137857;
ChemSpider	121506;
UNII	2WL58YTU6N;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID50185912 ;
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C10H15NO2
Molar mass	181.235 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
	SMILES COC1=CC(=CC(=C1)CCN)OC;
	InChI InChI=1S/C10H15NO2/c1-12-9-5-8(3-4-11)6-10(7-9)13-2/h5-7H,3-4,11H2,1-2H3; Key:ZHSFEDDRTVLPHH-UHFFFAOYSA-N;

3,5-Dimethoxyphenethylamine (3,5-DMPEA), also known as DMPEA-6 or as 4-desmethoxymescaline, is an alkaloid of the phenethylamine family related to mescaline (3,4,5-trimethoxymescaline).^[1] It naturally occurs in the cactus Pelecyphora aselliformis.^[1]^[2] The effects of 3,5-DMPEA in humans are unknown.^[1] The compound may be considered the parent compound of the substituted mescaline analogues (4-substituted 3,5-dimethoxyphenethylamines or "scalines").^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Shulgin A, Manning T, Daley PF (2011). "#7. ARIADNE". The Shulgin Index, Volume One: Psychedelic Phenethylamines and Related Compounds. Vol. 1. Berkeley, CA: Transform Press. pp. 94–95. ISBN 978-0-9630096-3-0. OCLC 709667010.
^ Neal JM, Sato PT, Howald WN, McLaughlin JL (June 1972). "yote Alkaloids: Identification in the Mexican ictus Pelecyphora aselliformis Ehrenberg". Science. 176 (4039): 1131–1133. doi:10.1126/science.176.4039.1131. PMID 17775137.