6-MeO-DMT

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6-MeO-DMT
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Other names6-Methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine; 6-Methoxy-DMT; 6-Methoxy-N,N-DMT; 6-OMe-DMT
Drug class Serotonin receptor agonist; Non-hallucinogenic serotonin 5-HT2A receptor agonist
Identifiers
  • 2-(6-methoxy-1H-indol-3-yl)-N,N-dimethylethanamine
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Chemical and physical data
Formula C13H18N2O
Molar mass 218.300 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • CN(C)CCC1=CNC2=C1C=CC(=C2)OC
  • InChI=1S/C13H18N2O/c1-15(2)7-6-10-9-14-13-8-11(16-3)4-5-12(10)13/h4-5,8-9,14H,6-7H2,1-3H3
  • Key:AWOWBKXVYZRYSP-UHFFFAOYSA-N

6-MeO-DMT, or 6-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine, also known as 6-OMe-DMT, is a serotonergic drug of the tryptamine family. [1] [2] It is the 6-methoxy derivative of the serotonergic psychedelic N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and is a positional isomer of the serotonergic psychedelic 5-MeO-DMT. [3]

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Similarly to analogues like DMT and 5-MeO-DMT, 6-MeO-DMT acts as a serotonin 5-HT2A receptor agonist as well as a non-selective agonist of many other serotonin receptors. [1] [2] [4] However, in contrast to these agents, but similarly to certain other serotonin 5-HT2A receptor agonists like 6-fluoro-DET, 2-bromo-LSD, lisuride, 25N-N1-Nap, and tabernanthalog, 6-MeO-DMT does not produce the head-twitch response (HTR) or other psychedelic-like effects in animals and hence appears to be non-hallucinogenic. [1] [2] [5] [4] This is thought to be due to biased agonism of the serotonin 5-HT2A receptor; more specifically, weak activation of the Gq pathway with an efficacy for this pathway of less than 70%. [2] However, the non-hallucinogenic nature of 6-MeO-DMT has yet to be confirmed in humans. [6] [2] In addition to its apparent lack of hallucinogenicity, 6-MeO-DMT shows dramatically reduced potency as an agonist of all of the serotonin receptors compared to 5-MeO-DMT. [4]

6-MeO-DMT was first described in the scientific literature by 1968. [7] [8] [9] It was specifically assessed in a structure–activity relationship (SAR) animal study of serotonergic tryptamines. [7] [8] The drug's lack of hallucinogen-like effects in animals, as determined by the HTR, was first described by at least 2020. [2] [4]

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