PIHKAL: A Chemical Love Story is a 1991 book by Dr. Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin and Ann Shulgin. The title is an acronym for Phenethylamines I Have Known and Loved.
The second half of the book, which makes it a unique and valuable tool for pharmacological researchers, provides: Syntheses: Chemical procedures for creating compounds. pihkal pdf
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A "Manual" for the Mind: The second half provides detailed synthesis instructions for 179 different compounds. Shulgin essentially mapped the landscape of the human brain, documenting the effects of substances like MDMA and 2C-B with meticulous detail. pihkal pdf
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