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Formula | C13H18N2O2 |
Molar mass | 234.299 g·mol−1 |
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Melting point | 146 to 147 °C (295 to 297 °F) (from ethyl acetate[1]) |
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4-Hydroxy-5-methoxydimethyltryptamine, also known as 4-HO-5-MeO-DMT or psilomethoxin, is a hypothetical novel psychedelic drug.
It is structurally similar to other psychedelic tryptamines, but very little is known about its effects. The only report of it in the chemical literature was a paper published by Marc Julia's group at the Pasteur Institute in 1965.[1] This paper reports a 10 step synthesis of 4-HO-5-MeO-DMT from ortho-vanillin. Alexander Shulgin hypothesized that 4-HO-5-MeO-DMT could be biosynthesized by feeding Psilocybe cultures with 5-MeO-DMT, referencing a 1988 study by Jochen Gartz where transformation of DET into 4-HO-DET and 4-PO-DET was reported using such a method, with neither compounds having ever been found in nature.[2][3]