6-MeO-isoDMT

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6-MeO-isoDMT
6-MeO-isoDMT.svg
Clinical data
Other names6-MeO-iso-DMT; 6-Methoxy-isoDMT; 6-OMe-isoDMT; 6-OMe-iso-DMT; 6-Methoxy-iso-DMT; 6-Methoxy-N,N-dimethylisotryptamine
Drug class Serotonin 5-HT2A receptor agonist; Serotonergic psychedelic; Hallucinogen; Psychoplastogen
Identifiers
  • 2-(6-methoxyindol-1-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)CCN1C=CC2=C1C=C(C=C2)OC
  • InChI=1S/C13H18N2O/c1-14(2)8-9-15-7-6-11-4-5-12(16-3)10-13(11)15/h4-7,10H,8-9H2,1-3H3
  • Key:VIEWFQAHIRFETA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

6-MeO-isoDMT, or 6-OMe-isoDMT, also known as 6-methoxy-N,N-dimethylisotryptamine, is a serotonin 5-HT2A receptor agonist, putative serotonergic psychedelic, and psychoplastogen of the isotryptamine group. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] It is the isotryptamine analogue of the psychedelic 5-MeO-DMT and is a positional isomer of the non-hallucinogenic psychoplastogen 5-MeO-isoDMT. [2] [6] [4] [5]

The drug has been found to substitute for DOM and hence to produce hallucinogen-like effects in animal drug discrimination tests. [1] [7] [5] However, it has greatly reduced hallucinogenic potential in terms of the head-twitch response, a behavioral proxy of psychedelic effects, compared to 5-MeO-DMT. [2] [3] [4] It has even been described as "non-hallucinogenic" in at least one publication, although this does not strictly seem to be true. [8] Conversely, 6-MeO-isoDMT has comparable psychoplastogenic potency and effects compared to 5-MeO-DMT. [2] [3] These effects are blocked by the serotonin 5-HT2A receptor antagonist ketanserin. [3] [4] Certain analogues of 6-MeO-isoDMT, like isoDMT, 5-MeO-isoDMT, and AAZ-A-154 (DLX-001; (R)-5-MeO-α-methyl-isoDMT), produce no head-twitch response at all and hence appear to be fully non-hallucinogenic, similarly to 6-MeO-DMT (the tryptamine analogue of 5-MeO-isoDMT). [1] [3] [4] [5] However, like 6-MeO-isoDMT, they retain potent psychoplastogenic effects. [1] [3] [4]

6-MeO-isoDMT was first described in the scientific literature by 1984. [5] [7] It was subsequently further characterized in 2020. [3] [4] Confusingly, the drug has been referred to as "5-MeO-isoDMT" (or rather "5-OMe-isoDMT") in some publications. [6]

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