Psilocin
Chemistry
- Formula
- C12H16N2O
- Molar mass
- 204.27 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 3-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]-1H-indol-4-ol
- InChIKey
- SPCIYGNTAMCTRO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Chemistry from PubChem CID 4980.
Also known as
- Psilocine
- 4-Hydroxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine
- Psilocyn
- Psilotsin
- 520-53-6
- 3-[2-(Dimethylamino)ethyl]-1H-indol-4-ol
- 3-(2-(Dimethylamino)ethyl)indol-4-ol
- N,N-Dimethyl-4-Hydroxytryptamine
Attribution
Isolated and named alongside psilocybin from Psilocybe mexicana in 1958; full account in Hofmann, Heim, Brack, Kobel, Frey, Ott, Petrzilka & Troxler, Helv. Chim. Acta 42, 1557-1572 (1959). Hofmann also took mushroom extracts himself to track the active fraction during the isolation.
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