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[Merck Index 11:3251]
- Synonyms
- 3-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]-indole;N,N-dimethyltryptamine; DMT; nigerine; Dimethyltryptamin
- Physical
- C12H16N2; molecular weight 188.26;
C 76.55% H 8.57% N 14.88%- Isolation
- Fish, J.Am. Chem. Soc.77:5892,1955 (Anadenanthera peregrina);
Agurell, Acta Chem. Scand. 23: 903, 1969 (Virola theiodora)- Synthesis
- Manske, Can. J. Res. 5:592, 1931;
Speeter, J.Am. Chem. Soc. 76:6208, 1954- Chemistry
- crystals from ethanol, mp 44.6-46.8°, sol. in dilute acids; picrate mp 169.5-170.5°; methiodide mp 216-217°; fumarate mp 152-152.5°
- Pharmacology
- entheogenic at 1 mg/kg i.m. (Szára, Experientia 12: 441, 1956; Sai-Halász, Psychiatr. Neurol. 135: 285, 1958)
- Legal Status
- controlled
Jonathan Ott, Pharmacotheon, p.433
