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Encyclopedia > Ariadne (psychedelic)
Ariadne
Chemical name 4-methyl-2,5-dimethoxy-alpha-ethylphenethylamine or
2-(4-methyl-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)ethan-alpha-ethylamine
Chemical formula C13H21NO2
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Ariadne, or 4-methyl-2,5-dimethoxyalpha-ethylphenethylamine, is a lesser-known psychedelic drug. It is an analog of 2C-D. Ariadne was first synthesized by Alexander Shulgin. In his book PIHKAL (Phenethylamines I Have Known and Loved), the dosage and duration are both unknown. Ariadne produces psychedelia and a bare threshold. Very little data exists about the pharmacological properties, metabolism, and toxicity of Ariadne. 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 a methyl-group is a hydrophobic Alkyl functional group which is derived from methane (CH4). ... 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. ... 2C-D is a psychedelic hallucinogenic drug first synthesized by Alexander Shulgin, sometimes used as an entheogen. ... 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. ... Psychedelia is a term describing a category of music, visual art, fashion, and culture that is associated originally with the high 1960s, hippies, and the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, California. ...


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

  • Ariadne Entry in PIHKAL

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