It was too informative because shulgin believes aleph 1 is the essence of power, he told journalist hamilton morris in his last interview. A chemical love story and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. A chemical love story by shulgin, alexander, shulgin, ann and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. In his book pihkal, shulgin lists the dosage range as 510 mg. Alexander shulgin and ann shulgin, pihkal, a chemical love story. The second half of the book consists of descriptions of the chemical synthesis and. Explore the structures and analogues of aleph, dot, 4methylthio2.
One that particularly sticks out from shuras narrative is aleph1. Aleph is a psychedelic hallucinogenic drug and a substituted amphetamine of the phenethylamine class of compounds, which can be used as an entheogen. The 12 most important drugs shulgin designed, synthesised. It was too informative because shulgin believes aleph1 is the. A chemical love story this is a book about a labor of love. For reference, amphetamine has an ic50 of 11 mmol and 4methylthioamphetamine has a value of 0.
According to shulgin, the effects of aleph typically last for 6 to 8 hours. In his book pihkal phenethylamines i have known and loved, shulgin lists the dosage range as. After filtration and air drying, there was obtained 1. To a 300 ml threeneck roundbottom flask set up with a magnetic stirrer and protected with a n2 atmosphere, there was added 75 ml hexane, 3. This was removed by filtration, washed with et2o, and air dried to provide 1.
Alexander shulgin was the godfather of ecstasy, playing an instrumental. The slightly cloudy solution was stirred for a couple of min, then there was the formation of a heavy white crystalline mass. It gives an interesting example of some thought processes associated with psychedelic intoxication, egoinflation, and what might be thought of as bits of mania. Above my bed ive pinned a large picture of shulgin cuddling with his wife, ann. Mescaline 3,4,5trimethoxyphenethylamine dom 2,5dimethoxy4methylamphetamine, dom being short for d es o xy m ethyl, referring to the removal of the oxygen atom from the methoxy group on the 4 carbon.
But mdma is just one of 100plus unique chemicals that compose. Its 978 pages are divided into two parts, the first of which is an autobiographical novel written by shulgin and his wife ann. They are found within the first book of pihkal, and are as follows. Its about the growing relationship between the main characters, modeled after that of the husbandandwife authors. After recrystallization from 140 ml boiling meoh, filtering and drying there was in hand 1. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. The mdma ecstasy synthesis published in pihkal remains one of the most common clandestine. The 12 most important drugs shulgin designed, synthesised and.
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