3,5-Dimethoxyphenethylamine (3,5-DMPEA), also known as DMPEA-6 or as 4-desmethoxymescaline, is an

alkaloid Alkaloids are a broad class of natural product, naturally occurring organic compounds that contain at least one nitrogen atom. Some synthetic compounds of similar structure may also be termed alkaloids. Alkaloids are produced by a large varie ...

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

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-trimethoxymescaline). It naturally occurs in the

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Pelecyphora aselliformis ''Pelecyphora aselliformis'' is a species of ''Pelecyphora'' found in Mexico. Description ''Pelecyphora aselliformis'' grows with globose, spherical or flattened spherical grayish green stems, with fleshy roots that are 2 to 7 centimeters in dia ...

''. The effects of 3,5-DMPEA in humans are unknown. The compound may be considered the

parent compound In chemistry, a parent structure is the structure of an unadorned ion or molecule from which derivatives can be visualized. Parent structures underpin systematic nomenclature and facilitate classification. Fundamental parent structures have one ...

of the

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 ...

s (4-substituted 3,5-dimethoxyphenethylamines or "scalines").

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3,5-DMPEA - Isomer Design
Methoxyphenethylamines Phenethylamine alkaloids Scalines {{Alkaloid-stub

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