This is a list of psychedelic chemists, or of chemists who first identified, isolated, and/or synthesized specific psychedelic drugs or otherwise contributed to psychedelic chemistry:
- Albert Hofmann â discovered LSD, isolated psilocybin from psilocybin-containing mushrooms and ergine from morning glory, developed numerous lysergamides and some psilocybin analogues
- Alexander Shulgin â developed numerous psychedelic phenethylamines and tryptamines
- Arthur Heffter â isolated mescaline from peyote
- Charles D. Nichols â developed certain medically intended psychedelics such as 2C-iBu
- Daniel Trachsel â developed numerous psychedelic phenethylamines
- Darrell Lemaire â studied 2C-D as a "smart drug" and developed the TWEETIO psychedelics
- David E. Nichols â developed numerous psychedelic phenethylamines, tryptamines, and lysergamides
- David E. Olson â founder of Delix Therapeutics, developed various psychedelic-related drugs such as tabernanthalog, zalsupindole, and JRT
- David Repke â developed numerous psychedelic tryptamines
- Ernst Späth â synthesized mescaline
- Gordon Alles â discovered the effects of MDA, the first synthetic psychedelic, and other work
- Hamilton Morris â developed various psychedelics
- Jason Wallach â developed various psychedelics
- J. Andrew Jones â developed biosynthetic methods from the production of various tryptamine psychedelics
- Lizard Labs (Alexander Stratford) â developed numerous LSD prodrugs such as 1P-LSD and 1V-LSD
- Louis Lewin â attempted to isolate mescaline from peyote
- M. Mueller â described the properties and effects of 2C-EF and 2C-iBu in humans and disclosed them via Alexander Shulgin
- Matthew J. Baggott â founder of Tactogen, developed novel entactogens and psychedelics
- Otakar Leminger â developed escaline, proscaline, allylescaline, and MEPEA among others
- P. Rausch â developed various psychedelic phenethylamines and disclosed many of them via Daniel Trachsel
- Oswaldo Gonçalves de Lima â isolated DMT
- Peyton Jacob III â worked with Alexander Shulgin developing psychedelics
- Richard Glennon â developed numerous psychedelic phenethylamines and tryptamines
- Richard Manske â synthesized DMT and identified and synthesized harmine and harmaline
- Robert Oberlender â a student in the lab of David E. Nichols who developed and studied various psychedelics and entactogens
- Stephen Szára â discovered the effects of DMT, developed various psychedelic DMT analogues
- Toshio Hoshino â synthesized bufotenin and 5-MeO-DMT
- William Leonard Pickard â manufactured LSD and tested other psychedelics like 5-fluoro-AMT, 6-fluoro-AMT, and likely LSZ
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