2C (psychedelics)

General structure of a 2C compound

2C (2C-x) is a general name for the family of psychedelic phenethylamines containing methoxy groups on the 2 and 5 positions of a benzene ring.[1] Most of these compounds also carry lipophilic substituents at the 4 position, usually resulting in more potent and more metabolically stable and longer acting compounds.[2] Most of the currently known 2C compounds were first synthesized by Alexander Shulgin in the 1970s and 1980s and published in his book PiHKAL (Phenethylamines i Have Known And Loved). Shulgin also coined the term 2C, being an acronym for the 2 carbon atoms between the benzene ring and the amino group.[3]

Nomenclature R3 R4 2D Structure CAS number
2C-B H Br 66142-81-2
2C-Bn H CH2C6H5
2C-Bu H CH2CH2CH2CH3
2C-C H Cl 88441-14-9
2C-C-3 [4] Cl Cl
2C-CN H C≡N 88441-07-0
2C-D H CH3 24333-19-5
2C-E H CH2CH3 71539-34-9
2C-EF H CH2CH2F 1222814-77-8
2C-F H F 207740-15-6
2C-G CH3 CH3 207740-18-9
2C-G-1 CH2
2C-G-2 (CH2)2
2C-G-3 (CH2)3 207740-19-0
2C-G-4 (CH2)4 952006-59-6
2C-G-5 (CH2)5 207740-20-3
2C-G-6 (CH2)6
2C-G-N (CH)4 207740-21-4
2C-H H H 3600-86-0
2C-I H I 69587-11-7
2C-iP H CH(CH3)2 1498978-47-4
2C-TBU H C(CH3)3
2C-CP H C3H5 2888537-46-8
2C-CPE H C5H9
2C-N H NO2 261789-00-8
2C-NH2 H NH2 168699-66-9
2C-PYR H Pyrrolidine
2C-PIP H Piperidine
2C-O H OCH3 15394-83-9
2C-O-4 H OCH(CH3)2 952006-65-4
2C-MOM [5] H CH2OCH3
2C-P H CH2CH2CH3 207740-22-5
2C-Ph H C6H5
2C-Se H Se CH3 1189246-68-1
2C-T H SCH3 61638-09-3
2C-T-2 H SCH2CH3 207740-24-7
2C-T-3[6] H SCH2C(=CH2)CH3 648957-40-8
2C-T-4 H SCH(CH3)2 207740-25-8
2C-T-5[6]
2C-T-6[6]
2C-T-7 H S(CH2)2CH3 207740-26-9
2C-T-8 H SCH2CH(CH2)2 207740-27-0
2C-T-9[6] 207740-28-1
2C-T-10[6]
2C-T-11[6]
2C-T-12[6]
2C-T-13 H S(CH2)2OCH3 207740-30-5
2C-T-14[6]
2C-T-15 H SCH(CH2)2
2C-T-16[7] H SCH2CH=CH2 648957-42-0
2C-T-17 H SCH(CH3)CH2CH3 207740-32-7
2C-T-18[6]
2C-T-19 H SCH2CH2CH2CH3
2C-T-21 H S(CH2)2F 207740-33-8
2C-T-21.5[6] 648957-46-4
2C-T-22[6] 648957-48-6
2C-T-23[6]
2C-T-24[6]
2C-T-25[6]
2C-T-27[6] 648957-52-2
2C-T-28[6] 648957-54-4
2C-T-30[6]
2C-T-31[6]
2C-T-32[6]
2C-T-33[6]
2C-T-DFM H SCF2H
CYB210010[8] H SCF3
2C-T-DFP H SCH2CH2CF2H
2C-T-PARGY H SCH2C≡CH
2C-DFM [9]: 770  H CHF2
2C-TFM H CF3 159277-08-4
2C-TFE H CH2CF3
2C-PFE H CF2CF3
2C-PFS H SF5
2C-YN H C≡CH 752982-24-4
2C-V H CH=CH2
2C-AL[10] H CH2CH=CH2
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