6-Fluoro-α-methyltryptamine (6-fluoro-AMT, 6F-AMT) is a tryptamine derivative related to compounds such as α-methyltryptamine (AMT) and 5-MeO-AMT which has been sold as a designer drug.[1][2]

6-Fluoro-AMT
Clinical data
Other names6-Fluoro-AMT; 6-Fluoro-αMT; 6F-AMT; 6F-αMT; 6-F-AMT; 6-F-αMT
Identifiers
  • 1-(6-fluoro-1H-indol-3-yl)propan-2-amine
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC11H13FN2
Molar mass192.237 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • NC(C)CC1=CNC2=CC(F)=CC=C21
  • InChI=1S/C11H13FN2/c1-7(13)4-8-6-14-11-5-9(12)2-3-10(8)11/h2-3,5-7,14H,4,13H2,1H3
  • Key:XYJYWUUXCUJXAI-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Animal tests showed the drug to be somewhat less potent in terms of pharmacological activity than AMT or 5-fluoro-AMT.[3] It produces the head-twitch response, a behavioral proxy of psychedelic-like effects, in rodents.[4][5][6] Its IC50Tooltip half-maximal inhibitory concentration for monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) inhibition is 580 to 1,800 nM, compared to 180 to 450 nM for 5-fluoro-AMT and 380 nM for AMT.[5][7][8]

6-Fluoro-AMT was allegedly manufactured and sold from the laboratory operated by Leonard Pickard and Gordon Todd Skinner, who described 6-fluoro-AMT as "a beast".[1] In interviews, Skinner stated that he first began to experiment with 6-fluoro-AMT in the early 1980s by giving it to high school friends.[2] Their experiences made him cautious about the appropriate doses, which he said ranged from 25 to 75 mg (Skinner weighed about 250 lbs at the time of his own bioassay).[2] Skinner said that 6-fluoro-AMT is a long-lasting psychedelic with more time distortion and that it was enhanced by combination with ALD-52.[2]

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