This article is about the scientist. For other uses, see Alexander Shulgin (disambiguation).
Alexander Shulgin
Shulgin (right) with his wife Ann in 2011
Born
Alexander Theodore Shulgin
(1925-06-17)June 17, 1925
Berkeley, California, U.S.
Died
June 2, 2014(2014-06-02) (aged 88)
Lafayette, California, U.S.
Alma mater
Harvard University
University of California, Berkeley (PhD)
Known for
Rediscovering MDMA
2C Family
DOx Family
PiHKAL
TiHKAL
Shulgin Rating Scale
Shulgin Index
Shulgin Research Institute
Various phenethylamines and tryptamines
Spouses
Nina Gordon (deceased) Ann Gotlieb (deceased)
Children
1
Awards
DEA Awards (numerous)
Scientific career
Fields
Chemistry, psychology, philosophy, biology
Institutions
MAPS
Dow Chemical
San Francisco State University
San Francisco General Hospital
Bio-Rad Laboratories
Cognitive Liberty/Ethics Centre
United States Navy
Alexander Theodore "Sasha" Shulgin (June 17, 1925 – June 2, 2014) was an American medicinal chemist, biochemist, organic chemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author. He is credited with introducing MDMA, commonly known as "ecstasy", via academic journals and papers to psychologists in the late 1970s for psychopharmaceutical use and for the discovery, synthesis and personal bioassay of over 230 psychoactive compounds for their psychedelic and entactogenic potential.[1]
In 1991 and 1997, he and his wife Ann Shulgin compiled the books PiHKAL and TiHKAL (standing for Phenethylamines and Tryptamines I Have Known And Loved), from notebooks that extensively described their work and personal experiences with these two classes of psychoactive drugs. Shulgin performed seminal work into the descriptive synthesis of many of these compounds. Some of Shulgin's noteworthy discoveries include compounds of the 2C family (such as 2C-B) and compounds of the DOx family (such as DOM).
Due in part to Shulgin's extensive work in the field of psychedelic research and the rational drug design of psychedelic drugs, he has since been dubbed the "godfather of psychedelics".[1][2]
^ abKent, James L. (September 10, 2014). "Godfather of Ecstasy: Alexander Shulgin's Last Trip". High Times. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
^"DIRTY PICTURES" – Alexander Shulgin documentary movie trailer, SXSW 2010 on YouTube
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