2-Methyl-DiPT

2-Methyl-DiPT, or 2-Me-DiPT, also known as 2-methyl-N,N-diisopropyltryptamine, is a chemical compound of the tryptamine family related to the psychedelic drug diisopropyltryptamine (DiPT). "There is an interesting idea tucked away here in what seems to be an uninteresting compound. The sound distortion, mentioned in both of these reports, brings to mind DIPT where it is the major indicator of intoxication. With some people, it is the only change observed. With DIPT, there are two isopropyl groups on the basic nitrogen atom; here there are two ethyl groups. One might speculate that there might well be some optimum group geometry that would make the auditory to visual distortion ratio as high as possible. There were no suggestions that there were any auditory changes with DET so perhaps the added mass of that methyl group at the 2-position brings the molecular weight into some "auditory window." A compelling compound would be, of course, N,N-diisopropyl-2-methyltryptamine (2-Me-DIPT), but I don't believe that it has ever even been synthesized as of the present moment. It would certainly be a simple compound to make." It is the 2-methyl derivative of DiPT.

The drug was mentioned by Alexander Shulgin in his book TiHKAL (Tryptamines I Have Known and Loved) as a potentially interesting analogue of DiPT that might likewise produce selective auditory hallucinogenic effects. This was based on findings that other 2-methylated tryptamines like 2-methyl-DMT and 2-methyl-DET have also uniquely been found to produce DiPT-like auditory effects. However, 2-methyl-DiPT is not known to have been synthesized nor tested.

A notable derivative of 2-methyl-DiPT is 5-MeO-2-Me-DiPT. In addition, a notable analogue of 2-methyl-DiPT is 2-methyl-iPALT.

2-Methyl-DiPT was first described by Shulgin in TiHKAL in 1997.

See also Substituted tryptamine

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