# Help identify this chemical symbol

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-chemical-symbol/810410>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 12, 2018, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-chemical-symbol/810410 "2018-03-12T03:44:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-chemical-symbol/810410/1 "2018-03-12T03:44:41Z")

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Hopefully this will be an easy ask. I googled around a bit but couldn’t run it down.

[![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-geo-images/cdb59f55-8287-4998-a038-44f8bf33d4a9.png) ](https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-geo-images/cdb59f55-8287-4998-a038-44f8bf33d4a9.png)

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-chemical-symbol/810410/2 "2018-03-12T03:50:39Z")

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[DMT.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/N,N-Dimethyltryptamine)

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**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-chemical-symbol/810410/3 "2018-03-12T04:05:18Z")

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Tryptamine or indolamine.  
… and ninjaed by **pulykamell**

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-chemical-symbol/810410/4 "2018-03-12T05:39:22Z")

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Thank you both.

Wake up indeed!