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Stereochemical Requirements of the Mescaline Receptor

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THIS report describes some psychopharmacological properties of two conformationally restricted analogues of the psychotomimetic compound mescaline(I). The geometrical distinction between these cis (IIa) and trans (IIb) isomers of 2-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-cyclopropylamine makes it possible to examine possible Stereochemical preferences of the receptor for mescaline and other hallucinogenic phenethylamines.

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  1. Section of Biochemical Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Montreal,

    P. D. COOPER

  2. Department of Psychology, University of Toronto,

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COOPER, P., WALTERS, G. Stereochemical Requirements of the Mescaline Receptor. Nature 238, 96–98 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/238096a0

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