Daniel Trachsel is aSwisschemist who studiespsychedelics andentactogens.[1][2] He has developed and published on a large number of novel psychedelic and entactogencompounds, including theirpsychoactive effects.[1][2][3] This has been in a manner similar to that of the psychedelic chemistAlexander Shulgin, which has caused Trachsel to sometimes be referred to as the "German Shulgin".[1][2] However, unlike Shulgin, Trachsel has distanced himself from any personalself-experiments.[1]
According toHamilton Morris and Nick Cozzi in mid-2023, Trachel's bookPhenethylamine: von der Struktur zur Funktion (Phenethylamines: From Structure to Function) is in the process of being translated into English.[4] It is being translated by theAlexander Shulgin Research Institute (ASRI), with tentative publication byTransform Press, and also independently by chemist David Carlson.[4]
Trachsel, Daniel (2003). "Synthese von neuen (Phenylalkyl)aminen zur Untersuchung von Struktur–Aktivitätsbeziehungen. Mitteilung 2: 4-Thio-substituierte [2-(2,5-Dimethoxyphenyl)ethyl]amine (=2,5-Dimethoxybenzolethanamine)" [Synthesis of new (phenylalkyl)amines for the investigation of structure–activity relationships. Communication 2: 4-thio-substituted [2-(2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)ethyl]amines (=2,5-dimethoxybenzenethanamines)].Helvetica Chimica Acta.86 (7):2610–2619.doi:10.1002/hlca.200390210.ISSN0018-019X.
^abcdPassie T, Brandt SD (2018)."Self-Experiments with Psychoactive Substances: A Historical Perspective"(PDF).Handb Exp Pharmacol.252:69–110.doi:10.1007/164_2018_177.PMID30478735.One follower of Shulgin's research can be seen in the Swiss chemist Daniel Trachsel, who published various contributions on many new psychoactive substances and their effects (Trachsel 2011, 2012; Trachsel et al. 2013). Experimental results about their psychoactive effects are included, but the author distanced himself from any [self-experiments (SEs)] (Trachsel 2011, p. 12).
