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THE actions of hallucinogenic agents have been correlated with Hückel molecular orbital calculations of the π-elections1 and with fluorescent properties2. The Hückel correlations on three methoxylated amphetamines indicated that hallucinogenic activity correlated with energy of the highest occupied molecular orbital1.
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KANG, S., GREEN, J. Correlation between Activity and Electronic State of Hallucinogenic Amphetamines. Nature 226, 645 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/226645a0
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