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Alexander Shulgin

Alexander Theodore "Sasha" Shulgin (June 17, 1925 – June 2, 2014) was a prolific American medicinal chemist, biochemist, organic chemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author. He is credited with introducing MDMA (ecstasy) 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. In 1991 and 1997, he and his wife Ann Shulgin authored the books PIHKAL and TIHKAL (standing for Phenethylamines and Tryptamines I Have Known And Loved), which 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".


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Born:
Jun 17, 1925 In Berkeley, California, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
6
First Appeared:
In the movie Ecstasy 2010-01-01
Latest Project:
Series How to Change Your Mind 2022-07-12
Known For
Poster of The Business of Drugs
Poster of Hamilton's Pharmacopeia
Poster of Dirty Pictures
Poster of Ecstasy
Filmography
Series How to Change Your Mind Self - Chemist, Author & Professor (archive footage) 2022-07-12
Movie Better Living Through Chemistry Self 2021-09-21
Series The Business of Drugs Self - Chemist (archive footage) 2020-07-14
Series Hamilton's Pharmacopeia Self (archive footage) 2016-10-26
Movie Ecstasy Self 2010-01-01
Movie Dirty Pictures Alexander Shulgin 2010-03-13