2,3-Methylenedioxyamphetamine

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2,3-Methylenedioxyamphetamine

Clinical data
Other names	2,3-MDA; ORTHO-MDA
Routes of administration	Oral
ATC code	None
Legal status
Legal status	Uncontrolled (but may be covered under the Federal Analogue Act in the United States and under similar bills in other countries)
Identifiers
IUPAC name 1-(1,3-benzodioxol-4-yl)propan-2-amine
CAS Number	23693-17-6 N
PubChem CID	152655
ChemSpider	134547 Y
UNII	6409S541PA
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID00946494
ECHA InfoCard	100.215.976
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C10H13NO2
Molar mass	179.219 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
SMILES CC(N)Cc2c1OCOc1ccc2
InChI InChI=1S/C10H13NO2/c1-7(11)5-8-3-2-4-9-10(8)13-6-12-9/h2-4,7H,5-6,11H2,1H3 Y Key:XOOVOZRNDZPGLF-UHFFFAOYSA-N Y
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2,3-Methylenedioxyamphetamine, also known as 2,3-MDA or ortho-MDA, is an amphetamine derivative which is mentioned in PIHKAL as a fairly potent and long-lasting stimulant drug, but with little or none of the entactogenic effects associated with its better-known structural isomer MDA.^[1]

• 2,3-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (2,3-MDMA)
• 1-Naphthylmethcathinone (AMAPN)
• Methoxymethylenedioxyamphetamine (MMDA)
• Dimethoxymethylenedioxyamphetamine (DMMDA)

• MDA entry in PiHKAL
• MDA entry in PiHKAL • info