Mjäll
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Because the effect the group and it's position on the ring alter binding affinities. Think how many different qualitative psychedelic experiences comes from simply altering the group at the 4 position in psychedelic amphetamines (I've had DOM, DOB, DOT, TMA-2 and they are different psychedelic experiences). You're seeing the same thing in altering the ring components (and to a lesser extent with the amine group). Ketamine has a 2-chloro group (and is N-methyl), MXE is 3-methoxy (and N-ethyl). DMXE is 3-methyl & N-ethyl, so it will be a bit similar, but the oxygen lone pairs altering the overall electronic configuration of the molecule. If the receptor has an amino acid that would attract the negative charge of the lone pair electrons, it would alter binding affinities. That applies to all the separate electronic charges on the atoms attached at various points around the ring.
FXE has a approximate same sized atom, it also has 3 lone pair groups of electrons. It will be slightly different to MXE, but the only other option is an ethoxy group. Looking at the 3 D structure of the amino acids of the receptor, you can take a guess at which will be similar affinities.
So the bottom line is that these molecules affect the same receptors in slightly different ways due to the shape and charge? Or is it chiefly about the ratio of activation between different receptors? Maybe nobody knows? I guess the reasonable approach is to consider all possibilities.
Nothing i've read seems to really explain the difference between ketamine-like dissos and MXE-like dissos, except for the idea that MXE is serotonergic, which the effect profile seems to confirm since it's a bit warmer and similar to classic serotonergic psychoactives. This subjective quality to me is similar with DMXE. Yet you, the creator of MXE, seem quite certain that DMXE doesn't have serotonergic properties. At least that was my interpretation from a previous iteration of this discussion. Or is it some other property that is conferred by this electron configuration?