3,4-Dimethylphenethylamine

3,4-Dimethylphenethylamine (DMePEA) is a drug of the phenethylamine family related to the psychedelic drug mescaline (3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine; 3,4,5-TMPEA).^[1][2][3][4] It is one of the positional isomers of dimethylphenethylamine.^[1][2]

3,4-Dimethylphenethylamine

Clinical data
Other names	DMePEA; 3,4-DMePEA
Identifiers
IUPAC name 2-(3,4-dimethylphenyl)ethanamine
CAS Number	17283-14-6
PubChem CID	410083
ChemSpider	362939
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID90328422
ECHA InfoCard	100.199.619
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C10H15N
Molar mass	149.237 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
SMILES CC1=C(C=C(C=C1)CCN)C
InChI InChI=1S/C10H15N/c1-8-3-4-10(5-6-11)7-9(8)2/h3-4,7H,5-6,11H2,1-2H3 Key:IQXUVSNUSQIQCJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

It produces a strong rage reaction (which has been thought may be a correlate of hallucinogenic activity) and other behavioral effects in cats^[3][5] and produces body tremors and salivation in rats.^[1][2][4] The effects of DMePEA in humans have not been reported and are unknown.^[1]

DMePEA was first described in the scientific literature by 1960.^[1][2][3] It was included as an entry in Alexander Shulgin's 2011 book The Shulgin Index, Volume One: Psychedelic Phenethylamines and Related Compounds.^[1]

See also

• Substituted phenethylamine
• Dimethylphenethylamine
• Xylopropamine (3,4-dimethylamphetamine; 3,4-DMeA)
• 3,4-Dimethylmethcathinone
• 3,4-Dimethoxyphenethylamine (DMPEA)
• 3,4-Dimethoxyamphetamine (3,4-DMA)