Chemistry:3-Methoxy-4-methylamphetamine

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Short description: Entactogen and psychedelic drug of the phenethylamine and amphetamine classes
3-Methoxy-4-methylamphetamine
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Oral
ATC code
  • none
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  • DE: NpSG (Industrial and scientific use only)
  • UK: Class A
  • US: Schedule I (isomer of PMMA)
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC11H17NO
Molar mass179.263 g·mol−1
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3-Methoxy-4-methylamphetamine (MMA) is an entactogen and psychedelic drug of the phenethylamine and amphetamine classes.[1][2] It was first synthesized in 1970[1] and was encountered as a street drug in Italy in the same decade.[3] MMA was largely forgotten until being reassayed by David E. Nichols as a non-neurotoxic MDMA analogue in 1991,[2] and has subsequently been sold as a designer drug on the internet since the late 2000s (decade).

In animal studies, MMA fully substitutes for MDMA and MBDB, partially substitutes for LSD, and does not substitute for amphetamine.[2] Additionally, it has been shown to potently inhibit the reuptake of serotonin and does not produce serotonergic neurotoxicity in rodents.[2] These data appear to confer a profile of MMA as a selective serotonin releasing agent (SSRA) and 5-HT2A receptor agonist.[2]

At high doses, such as 120 mg, the effects are psychedelic (comparable to DOM).[4]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Analogs of alpha-methylphenethylamine (amphetamine). I. Synthesis and pharmacological activity of some methoxy and/or methyl analogs". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 13 (1): 26–30. January 1970. doi:10.1021/jm00295a007. PMID 5412110. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Synthesis and pharmacological examination of 1-(3-methoxy-4-methylphenyl)-2-aminopropane and 5-methoxy-6-methyl-2-aminoindan: similarities to 3,4-(methylenedioxy)methamphetamine (MDMA)". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 34 (5): 1662–1668. May 1991. doi:10.1021/jm00109a020. PMID 1674539. 
  3. "Un nuovo allucinogeno: la MMA (p-metil-m-metossi anfetamina)" (in Italian). Zacchia 49 (1): 58–68. 1974. 
  4. Pihkal: A Chemical Love Story. Transform Press. 1991. ISBN 0-9630096-0-5. http://www.erowid.org/library/books_online/pihkal/pihkal123.shtml.