2,3-Dimethoxyphenethylamine (2,3-DMPEA), also known as DMPEA-2, 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 the

psychedelic drug Psychedelics are a subclass of hallucinogenic drugs whose primary effect is to trigger non-ordinary mental states (known as psychedelic experiences or "trips") and a perceived "expansion of consciousness". Also referred to as classic halluc ...

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). It is one of the

positional isomer In chemistry, a structural isomer (or constitutional isomer in the IUPAC nomenclature) of a compound is a compound that contains the same number and type of atoms, but with a different connectivity (i.e. arrangement of bonds) between them. The ...

s of

dimethoxyphenethylamine Dimethoxyphenethylamine may refer to: * 2,3-Dimethoxyphenethylamine (2,3-DMPEA; DMPEA-2) * 2,4-Dimethoxyphenethylamine (2,4-DMPEA; DMPEA-3) * 2,5-Dimethoxyphenethylamine (2C-H; 2,5-DMPEA; DMPEA-4) * 2,6-Dimethoxyphenethylamine (2,6-DMPEA; DMPEA ...

. In contrast to various other phenethylamines like

β-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 ...

and

amphetamine Amphetamine (contracted from Alpha and beta carbon, alpha-methylphenethylamine, methylphenethylamine) is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that is used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), narcolepsy, an ...

, it showed little activity in terms of induction of norepinephrine release ''

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''. The effects of 2,3-DMPEA in humans have not been reported and are unknown. 2,3-DMPEA was first described in the

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by at least 1965. It was included as an entry 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 2011 book '' The Shulgin Index, Volume One: Psychedelic Phenethylamines and Related Compounds''.

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2,3-DMPEA - Isomer Design
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