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6-CAT
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  • In general: uncontrolled
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  • 6-Chloro-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphtalen-2-amine
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6-Chloro-2-aminotetralin (6-CAT) is a drug which acts as a selective serotonin releasing agent (SSRA) and is a putative entactogen in humans.[1][2] It is a rigid analogue of para-chloroamphetamine (PCA).[1]

According to Nichols et al.,[3] 6-CAT is a non-neurotoxic analog of PCA.

Other related compounds that are creditworthy of mention include 6,7-DCAT[4] & 5,6-DCAT [57915-89-6].[4] These compounds were invented by Bryan Molloy (the inventor of Prozac). These can be thought to be rigid analogs of 3,4-Dichloroamphetamine and might be predicted to be similarly non-neurotoxic. A positional isomer of the aforementioned two compounds is also known to exist in the literature with a 5,8-dichloro substitution pattern (PC9954388).[5] The compound depicted in the latter case is with the spirodecanone pharmacophore.

It is worth pointing out that the precursor used in the synthesis of 6-CAT is called 6-Chloro-2-tetralone [17556-18-2]. This compound is actually the starting material in the synthesis of Bexlosteride.

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  1. 1 2 Fuller RW, Perry KW, Baker JC, Molloy BB (November 1974). "6-Chloro-2-aminotetralin, a rigid Conformational analog of 4-chloroamphetamine: pharmacologic properties of it and related compounds in rats". Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. 212 (1): 141–53. PMID 4455127.
  2. Fuller RW, Wong DT, Snoddy HD, Bymaster FP (1977). "Comparison of the effects of 6-chloro-2-aminotetralin and of ORG 6582, a related chloroamphetamine analog, on brain serotonin metabolism in rats". Biochemical Pharmacology. 26 (1): 1, 333–1, 337. doi:10.1016/0006-2952(77)90094-6.
  3. Johnson MP, Frescas SP, Oberlender R, Nichols DE (May 1991). "Synthesis and pharmacological examination of 1-(3-methoxy-4-methylphenyl)-2-aminopropane and 5-methoxy-6-methyl-2-aminoindan: similarities to 3,4-(methylenedioxy)methamphetamine (MDMA)". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 34 (5): 1662–8. doi:10.1021/jm00109a020. PMID 1674539.
  4. 1 2 Bryan B Molloy, U.S. patent 3,919,316 (1975 to Eli Lilly and Co).
  5. Röver, S., Adam, G., Cesura, A. M., Galley, G., Jenck, F., Monsma, F. J., Wichmann, J., Dautzenberg, F. M. (6 April 2000). "High-Affinity, Non-Peptide Agonists for the ORL1 (Orphanin FQ/Nociceptin) Receptor". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 43 (7): 1329–1338. doi:10.1021/jm991129q.