1-methylamino-1-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)propane 1-methylamino-1-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)propane 1-methylamino-1-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)propane or m-alpha is an empathogen, reported by alexander shulgin in his book pihkal as a positional isomer of mdma, and subsequently found being sold as a designer drug in the uk in 2010, and reported to the emcdda new drug monitoring service. it was described by alexander shulgin as similar in action to its demethylated homologue, alpha, but with roughly twice the duration and twice the potency. 1-methylamino-1-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)propaneclinical dataatc codenoneidentifiers iupac name 1-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-n-methylpropan-1-amine cas number127292-43-7 y 1134709-81-1 (hydrochloride)pubchem cid14647597chemspider27523957 nunii5u214irh62chemical and physical dataformulac11h15no2molar mass193.246 g·mol−13d model (jsmol)interactive image smiles cnc(cc)c1=cc2=c(c=c1)oco2 inchi inchi=1s/c11h15no2/c1-3-9(12-2)8-4-5-10-11(6-8)14-7-13-10/h4-6,9,12h,3,7h2,1-2h3 nkey:nlinvdhedveomj-uhfffaoysa-n n ny (what is this?) (verify)