Chemistry:6-CAT

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6-CAT
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6-Chloro-2-aminotetralin (6-CAT) is a drug which acts as a selective serotonin releasing agent (SSRA) and is a putative entactogen in humans.[1][2] It is a rigid analogue of para-chloroamphetamine (PCA).[1]

According to Nichols et al.,[3] 6-CAT is a non-neurotoxic analog of PCA.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "6-Chloro-2-aminotetralin, a rigid Conformational analog of 4-chloroamphetamine: pharmacologic properties of it and related compounds in rats". Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie 212 (1): 141–53. November 1974. PMID 4455127. 
  2. "Comparison of the effects of 6-chloro-2-aminotetralin and of ORG 6582, a related chloroamphetamine analog, on brain serotonin metabolism in rats". Biochemical Pharmacology 26 (1): 1,333–1,337. 1977. doi:10.1016/0006-2952(77)90094-6. 
  3. "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): 1662–8. May 1991. doi:10.1021/jm00109a020. PMID 1674539.