PiHKAL - Phenethylamines I Have Known
And Loved: A Chemical Love Story, by Alexander and Ann Shulgin, is the online version of the book of the same name.
It contains personal accounts by the Shulgins detailing the chemical procedures used in the synthesis, and lengthy qualitative reports regarding the subsequent ingestion, of 179 different
types of
Phenethylamines, the family of chemicals that
includes
2C-B,
Mescaline - the active ingredient in
Peyote, and
MDMA - better known as
ecstasy. See also the sequel
TiHKAL -
Tryptamines I Have Known And Loved:
The Chemistry Continues, again by the Shulgins, whose highlights include
DMT and
LSD.
posted by ChasFile
on Apr 9, 2004 -
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