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Encyclopedia > AEM (psychedelic)
Alpha-Ethyl-Mescaline
Chemical name 3,4,5-trimethoxy-alpha-ethylphenethylamine or
3,4,5-trimethoxy-1-ethyl-(alpha-ethyl)amine
Chemical formula C13H21NO3
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AEM, or 3,4,5-trimethoxy-alpha-ethylphenethylamine, is a lesser-known psychedelic drug. It is an analog of Mescaline. AEM was first synthesized by Alexander Shulgin. In his book PIHKAL (Phenethylamines I Have Known and Loved), the minimum dosage is listed as 220 mg, and the duration unknown. AEM produces few to no effects. Very little data exists about the pharmacological properties, metabolism, and toxicity of AEM. IUPAC nomenclature is a system of naming chemical compounds and of describing the science of chemistry in general. ... A chemical formula (also called molecular formula) is a concise way of expressing information about the atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound. ... The molecular mass (abbreviated MM) of a substance, formerly also called molecular weight and abbreviated as MW, is the mass of one molecule of that substance, relative to the unified atomic mass unit u (equal to 1/12 the mass of one atom of carbon-12). ... The simplified molecular input line entry specification or SMILES is a specification for unambiguously describing the structure of chemical molecules using short ASCII strings. ... In chemistry, the methoxy prefix indicates the function group consisting of the methyl group and oxygen. ... Ethyl is a two-carbon substituent in organic chemistry. ... Phenethylamine, or β-Phenylethylamine, is an alkaloid and monoamine. ... The general group of pharmacological agents commonly known as hallucinogens can be divided into three broad categories: psychedelics, dissociatives, and deliriants. ... An analog is in chemistry a chemical closely related to another usually sharing the same nucleus. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Alexander and Ann Shulgin, in a photo from their book TiHKAL, c. ... PiHKAL is a 1991 book by Dr. Alexander Shulgin and Ann Shulgin about psychedelic phenethylamines. ...


See also

Phenethylamine, or β-Phenylethylamine, is an alkaloid and monoamine. ... The general group of pharmacological agents commonly known as hallucinogens can be divided into three broad categories: psychedelics, dissociatives, and deliriants. ...

External links

  • AEM Entry in PIHKAL

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