4-HO-DBT

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IUPAC_name = N-butyl-N- [2-(4-hydroxy-1H-indol-3-yl)ethyl] butan-1-amine

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C=18 | H=28 | N=2 | O=1
molecular_weight = 288.44 g/mol
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4-Hydroxydibutyltryptamine (4-HO-DBT) is a psychedelic drug belonging to the tryptamine family. It is found either as its crystalline hydrochloride salt or as an oily or crystalline base. 4-HO-DBT was first made by the chemist Alexander Shulgin and reported in his book TiHKAL. Shulgin reported a dosage of 20mg orally to be without effects. However this compound has subsequently been sold as a "research chemical" and anecdotal reports suggest that at higher doses 4-HO-DBT is indeed an active hallucinogen, although somewhat weaker than other similar tryptamine derivatives.

Several different isomers of this compound could potentially be made (see DBT for a fuller discussion) but of these only the isobutyl isomer 4-HO-DIBT has been synthesised (mp 152-154 °C) and was also found to be inactive at a 20mg dose.

External links

* [http://www.erowid.org/library/books_online/tihkal/tihkal15.shtml TiHKAL entry]