6-(2-aminopropyl)indole 6-(2-aminopropyl)indole 6-(2-aminopropyl)indole (6-api, 6-it) is an indole derivative which was first identified being sold on the designer drug market by a laboratory in the czech republic in july 2016. 6-(2-aminopropyl)indoleclinical dataroutes ofadministrationorallegal statuslegal status de: uncontrolled uncontrolled (but covered under the federal analogue act in the united states and australia and likely under similar bills in other countries) identifiers iupac name 1-(1h-indol-6-yl)propan-2-amine cas number22196-72-1pubchem cid30999chemspider28759uniim7c77j017achemical and physical dataformulac11h14n2molar mass174.247 g·mol−13d model (jsmol)interactive image smiles c1=c2c(=cc=c1cc(c)n())c=c2 inchi inchi=1s/c11h14n2/c1-8(12)6-9-2-3-10-4-5-13-11(10)7-9/h2-5,7-8,13h,6,12h2,1h3 ykey:qcfifkaoukpfpu-uhfffaoysa-n y alexander shulgin says in his book tihkal "from the normal 3-position to the 2, the 4, the 5, the 6 or the 7-positions. all five alpha-methyltryptamine isomers are known, but only one is known to be active in man as a cns active material. this is the 5-isomer, 5-(2-aminopropyl)indole or 5-it". studies in dogs have also shown the drug to increase hemoglobin levels in the bloodstream. legality 6-api is a positional isomer of αmt, and as such may be covered by the analogue act in the usa (depending on the nature of its psychoactive effect). 6-api / 6-it is illegal in the uk, as it was banned as a temporary class drug in june 2013, along with 9 other related compounds. on march 5, 2014 the uk home office announced that 6-api would be made a class b drug on 10 june 2014 alongside every other benzofuran entactogen and many structurally related drugs. 6-api is covered by the australian analogue act as an analogue of mda "by the replacement of up to 2 carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring structures with different carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring structures" 6-api is uncontrolled in germany, as indole rings are not included as rings under the 2-phenethylamine derived section of the npsg.