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Peyote Chemistry
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| NAME : | Mescaline |
| CHEMICAL NAME : | 3,4,5-Trimethoxybenzeneethanamine; |
| ALTERNATE CHEMICAL NAMES : | 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine; mezcaline |
| CHEMICAL FORMULA | C11H17NO3 |
| MOLECULAR WEIGHT | 211.26 |
| MELTING POINT | 35-36° C (non-salt?) |
| MELTING POINT | 183-186° C (Sulfate dihydrate) |
| MELTING POINT | 181° C (Hydrochloride) |
| LD50 | crystals : 212 mg/kg i.p.(mice) |
| LD50 | crystals : 132 mg/kg i.p. (rats) |
| LD50 | crystals : 328 mg/kg i.p.(guinea pigs) |
| Approximately 30% of total alkaloid content in peyote is mescaline. |
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| NAME : | Pello
tine; Peyotline [sic, used by Clerc / Ludeuna, in French] |
| CHEMICAL NAME : | 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-6,7-dimethyoxy-1,2-dimethyl-8-isoquinolinol; |
| ALTERNATE CHEMICAL NAMES : | N-methylanhalonidine; 8-hydroxy-6,7-dimethoxy-1,2-dimethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline; N-Methylanhalonidine |
| CHEMICAL FORMULA | C13H19NO3 |
| MOLECULAR WEIGHT | 237.29 |
| MELTING POINT | 112° C (plates from petr ether.) |
| SOLUBILITY | Freely soluble in alcohol, acetone, ether, chloroform. Sparingly soluble in water. |
| Aproximately 17% of total alkaloid content in peyote is pellotine. |
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| NAME : | Anhalonidine |
| CHEMICAL NAME : | 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-6,7-dimethoxy-1-methyl-8-isoquinolinol |
| ALTERNATE CHEMICAL NAMES : | 6,7-dimethoxy-8-hydroxy-1-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline |
| CHEMICAL FORMULA | C12H17NO3 |
| MOLECULAR WEIGHT | 223.27 |
| MELTING POINT | 160-161° C (Sm. octahedra from benzene) |
| SOLUBILITY | Freely soluble in water, alcohol, acetone, chloroform, hot benzene. Sparingly soluble in ether. |
| Aproximately 14% of total alkaloid content in peyote is Anhalonidine. |
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