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3C-BZ
Sign in to saveAlso known as 4-benzyloxy-3,5-dimethoxyamphetamine, 3,5-dimethoxy-4-benzyloxyamphetamine, 1-[4-(benzyloxy)-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl]propan-2-amine, 3,5-dimethoxy-alpha-methyl-4-(phenylmethoxy)benzeneethanamine, 3,5-dimethoxy-α-methyl-4-(phenylmethoxy)benzeneethanamine
3C-BZ, also known as 4-benzyloxy-3,5-dimethoxyamphetamine or as α-methylbenzscaline (3C-benzscaline), is a psychedelic drug of the phenethylamine, amphetamine, and 3C families related to 3,4,5-trimethoxyamphetamine (TMA). It is the amphetamine (3C) analogue of benzscaline. The drug was first synthesized by Alexander Shulgin and described in his 1991 book PiHKAL (Phenethylamines I Have Known and Loved).
Chemical data
- Formula
- C18H23NO3
- Molecular weight
- 301.4 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 1-(3,5-dimethoxy-4-phenylmethoxyphenyl)propan-2-amine
- SMILES
- CC(CC1=CC(=C(C(=C1)OC)OCC2=CC=CC=C2)OC)N
- InChIKey
- IQKPLBJGFPDASR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2.7
- Polar surface area
- 53.7 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 4
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- phenethylamine
- Has part
- hydrogen
- Mass
- 301.16779359599997
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- canonical SMILES
- CC(N)Cc2cc(OC)c(OCc1ccccc1)c(c2)OC
- chemical formula
- C₁₈H₂₃NO₃
- Commons category
- 3C-BZ
- discoverer or inventor
- Alexander Shulgin
- subject has role
- psychedelic drug
- described by source
- Phenethylamines I Have Known And Loved
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Use and effects
- Interactions
- Chemistry
- Synthesis
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- References
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3C-BZ, also known as 4-benzyloxy-3,5-dimethoxyamphetamine or as α-methylbenzscaline (3C-benzscaline), is a psychedelic drug of the phenethylamine, amphetamine, and 3C families related to 3,4,5-trimethoxyamphetamine (TMA). It is the amphetamine (3C) analogue of benzscaline. The drug was first synthesized by Alexander Shulgin and described in his 1991 book PiHKAL (Phenethylamines I Have Known and Loved).
==Use and effects== In his book PiHKAL (Phenethylamines I Have Known and Loved), Alexander Shulgin lists the dose range is listed as 25 to 200mg and the duration as 18 to 24hours. The effects of 3C-BZ have been reported to vary significantly, ranging from intensified emotions and strange dreams, to effects similar to those of other psychedelics like LSD or TMA.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “3C-BZ” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.