2C-CP (2C-cP) is a recreational
designer drug
A designer drug is a structural or functional analog of a controlled substance that has been designed to mimic the pharmacological effects of the original drug, while avoiding classification as illegal and/or detection in standard drug tests. Des ...
from the
substituted phenethylamine
Substituted phenethylamines (or simply phenethylamines) are a chemical class of organic compounds that are based upon the phenethylamine structure; the class is composed of all the derivative compounds of phenethylamine which can be formed by ...
family, with
psychedelic
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effects. It was first synthesised by Daniel Trachsel and colleagues in 2006. It has a
binding affinity
In biochemistry and pharmacology, a ligand is a substance that forms a complex with a biomolecule to serve a biological purpose. The etymology stems from ''ligare'', which means 'to bind'. In protein-ligand binding, the ligand is usually a mol ...
(K
i) of 95
nM at the
serotonin receptor
5-HT receptors, 5-hydroxytryptamine receptors, or serotonin receptors, are a group of G protein-coupled receptor and ligand-gated ion channels found in the central and peripheral nervous systems. They mediate both excitatory and inhibitory neur ...
5-HT2A and 41 nM at
5-HT2C and is active at a dosage of between 15 and 35 mg with a duration of 3 to 6 hours.
See also
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2C-IP
2C-iP (also known as Jelena) is a relatively potent and long acting psychedelic phenethylamine and compound from the 2C family that was first synthesized by Dmitri Ger and has been sold online as a designer drug.
It is a structural analog of ...
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2C-P
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2C-T-15
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2C-V
2C-V is a recreational designer drug from the substituted phenethylamine family, with psychedelic effects. It was first synthesised by Daniel Trachsel and colleagues in 2006. It is active at a dosage of 25 mg with a duration of around 5 hou ...
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2C-YN
2C-YN is an analog of phenethylamine that can be synthesized from 2C-I. Very little data exists about the pharmacological properties, metabolism, and toxicity of 2C-YN, although Daniel Trachsel lists it as having a dosage of around 50mg and a d ...
References
Designer drugs
Psychedelic phenethylamines
Serotonin receptor agonists
Methoxy compounds
Cyclopropyl compounds
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