hydroxetamine hydroxetamine hydroxetamine (3'-hydroxy-2-oxo-pce, o-desmethylmethoxetamine, hxe) is a recreational designer drug from the arylcyclohexylamine family, with dissociative effects. it is known as an active metabolite of the dissociative designer drug methoxetamine, but has also been sold in its own right since late 2019. hydroxetaminelegal statuslegal status ca: hxe is not specifically scheduled but ketamine and its analogues are schedule i de: npsg (industrial and scientific use only) uk: class b identifiers iupac name 2-(ethylamino)-2-(3-hydroxyphenyl)cyclohexan-1-one cas number1620054-73-0pubchem cid163192347chemspider112747181chemical and physical dataformulac14h19no2molar mass233.311 g·mol−13d model (jsmol)interactive image smiles o=c1ccccc1(ncc)c2=cc(o)=cc=c2 inchi inchi=1s/c14h19no2/c1-2-15-14(9-4-3-8-13(14)17)11-6-5-7-12(16)10-11/h5-7,10,15-16h,2-4,8-9h2,1h3key:cqerujsorrocgh-uhfffaoysa-n