While just browsing the net, I came across this link from Lycaeum:
http://leda.lycaeum.org/?ID=16291 (http://leda.lycaeum.org/?ID=16291)
It is a collection of three papers by Shulgin on the topic of Mescaline. One paragraph caught my attention:
A fourth compound is homomyristicylamine (lophophine, 9) which also has never been observed in the peyote plant, but which presents an obvious theoretical potential as a biosynthetic precursor of the tetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloids such as lophophorine and anhalonine. This compound is active in man at dosage levels of 150 to 200 mg, about twice the potency of mescaline (18). The quali- tative description of its action is quite similar to that of mescaline, in that there is a peaceful elevation of mood, the generation of an euphoric state, and the enhancement of visual perception especially in the color sense. There are dis- similarities, particularly in that there is little if any nausea and there is no visual distortion. These latter differences disappear at dosages of 300 mg and there is the generation of eyes-closed imagery similar to that observed with mescaline.
The compound is basically 3,4-methylenedioxy-5-methoxyphenthylamine. The benifits of this substance are the reduced nausea and the increase in potency.
Of course, the precursor, 3,4-methylenedixoy-5-methoxybenzaldehyde is likely a not very incriminating compound to purchase (relative to the trimethoxy analogue).
So all in all, anyone have any experience with this compound?
Maybe you should try methylenation of 5-hydroxyvanillin ?
https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/chemistry/mmda.mescaline.html (https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/chemistry/mmda.mescaline.html)