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| Other names | Diformylmescaline; N,N-Diformyl-3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine; N,N-Diformyl-3,4,5-TMPEA |
| Drug class | Serotonergic psychedelic; Hallucinogen |
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| Formula | C13H17NO5 |
| Molar mass | 267.281 g·mol−1 |
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N,N-Diformylmescaline, also known as N,N-diformyl-3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine, is a possible psychedelic drug of the phenethylamine and scaline families related to mescaline. [1] [2] [3] It is the N,N-diformyl derivative of mescaline. [1] [2] [3] The compound has been found to be chemically unstable under acidic or basic conditions, breaking down into N-formylmescaline and then into mescaline. [1] [2] [3] Relatedly, it is thought that N,N-diformylmescaline may act as a prodrug of mescaline in vivo . [1] [2] [3] The chemical synthesis of the compound has been described. [2] [3] It was encountered as a possible novel designer drug in 2020 and this was reported in 2022. [1] [2] [3] N,N-Diformylmescaline itself is not known to be naturally occurring, but N-formylmescaline is known to occur naturally in trace amounts in peyote. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
In January 2020, Australian authorities seized a powder suspected of being cocaine. After analysis by GC–MS, NMR and IR, the compound was identified as N,N-diformylmescaline. Under exposure to acid and basic conditions, the structure degraded to N-formylmescaline, a naturally occurring compound in Peyote, and further to mescaline (Gallagher et al., 2023).
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