alpha (psychedelic) alpha (psychedelic) alpha (alpha-ethyl-3,4-methylenedioxybenzylamine) is a lesser-known psychedelic drug and a substituted benzylamine. it is also the benzylamine analog of 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine (mda). alpha was first synthesized by alexander shulgin. in his book pihkal on the mda page, the threshold dosage is listed as 10 mg. at mild threshold dosages (around 10 mg) there are eyes-closed "dreams" with some body tingling, at higher doses (up to 140 mg) was reported to produce a pleasant, positive feeling. this compound is not anoretic at any dose. it lasts about 3 hours. very little data exists about the pharmacological properties, metabolism, and toxicity of alpha. alphaclinical dataroutes ofadministrationoralatc codenonepharmacokinetic datametabolismhepaticexcretionrenalidentifiers iupac name 1-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)propan-1-amine cas number127292-42-6 ychemspider11853242 yuniiac10c1l8vocomptox dashboard (epa)dtxsid70562589 chemical and physical dataformulac10h13no2molar mass179.219 g·mol−13d model (jsmol)interactive image smiles ccc(n)c1ccc2ococ2c1 inchi inchi=1s/c10h13no2/c1-2-8(11)7-3-4-9-10(5-7)13-6-12-9/h3-5,8h,2,6,11h2,1h3 ykey:veouoclrlnjolj-uhfffaoysa-n y (verify)