Editing 2C-C (section)

==Pharmacology==
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|+ {{Nowrap|2C-C activities}}
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! [[Biological target|Target]] !! [[Affinity (pharmacology)|Affinity]] (K<sub>i</sub>, nM)
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| [[5-HT1A receptor|5-HT<sub>1A</sub>]] || 190–740 (K<sub>i</sub>)<br />>10,000 ({{Abbrlink|EC<sub>50</sub>|half-maximal effective concentration}})<br /><25% ({{Abbrlink|E<sub>max</sub>|maximal efficacy}})
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| [[5-HT1B receptor|5-HT<sub>1B</sub>]] || {{Abbr|ND|No data}}
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| [[5-HT1D receptor|5-HT<sub>1D</sub>]] || {{Abbr|ND|No data}}
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| [[5-HT1E receptor|5-HT<sub>1E</sub>]] || {{Abbr|ND|No data}}
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| [[5-HT1F receptor|5-HT<sub>1F</sub>]] || {{Abbr|ND|No data}}
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| [[5-HT2A receptor|5-HT<sub>2A</sub>]] || 5.47–13 (K<sub>i</sub>)<br />9.27–200 ({{Abbr|EC<sub>50</sub>|half-maximal effective concentration}})<br />49–102% ({{Abbr|E<sub>max</sub>|maximal efficacy}})
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| [[5-HT2B receptor|5-HT<sub>2B</sub>]] || {{Abbr|ND|No data}} (K<sub>i</sub>)<br />280 ({{Abbr|EC<sub>50</sub>|half-maximal effective concentration}})<br />81% ({{Abbr|E<sub>max</sub>|maximal efficacy}})
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| [[5-HT2C receptor|5-HT<sub>2C</sub>]] || 5.4–90 (K<sub>i</sub>)<br />24.2 ({{Abbr|EC<sub>50</sub>|half-maximal effective concentration}})<br />94% ({{Abbr|E<sub>max</sub>|maximal efficacy}})
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| [[5-HT3 receptor|5-HT<sub>3</sub>]] || {{Abbr|ND|No data}}
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| [[5-HT4 receptor|5-HT<sub>4</sub>]] || {{Abbr|ND|No data}}
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| [[5-HT5A receptor|5-HT<sub>5A</sub>]] || {{Abbr|ND|No data}}
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| [[5-HT6 receptor|5-HT<sub>6</sub>]] || {{Abbr|ND|No data}}
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| [[5-HT7 receptor|5-HT<sub>7</sub>]] || {{Abbr|ND|No data}}
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| [[Alpha-1A adrenergic receptor|α<sub>1A</sub>]] || 13,000
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| [[Alpha-1B adrenergic receptor|α<sub>1B</sub>]], [[Alpha-1D adrenergic receptor|α<sub>1D</sub>]] || {{Abbr|ND|No data}}
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| [[Alpha-2A adrenergic receptor|α<sub>2A</sub>]] || 530
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| [[Alpha-2B adrenergic receptor|α<sub>2B</sub>]], [[Alpha-2C adrenergic receptor|α<sub>2C</sub>]] || {{Abbr|ND|No data}}
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| [[Beta-1 adrenergic receptor|β<sub>1</sub>]]–[[Beta-3 adrenergic receptor|β<sub>3</sub>]] || {{Abbr|ND|No data}}
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| [[D1 receptor|D<sub>1</sub>]] || 13,000
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| [[D2 receptor|D<sub>2</sub>]] || 2,100
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| [[D3 receptor|D<sub>3</sub>]] || 17,000
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| [[D4 receptor|D<sub>4</sub>]] || {{Abbr|ND|No data}}
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| [[D5 receptor|D<sub>5</sub>]] || {{Abbr|ND|No data}}
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| [[H1 receptor|H<sub>1</sub>]] || 14,000
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| [[H2 receptor|H<sub>2</sub>]]–[[H4 receptor|H<sub>4</sub>]] || {{Abbr|ND|No data}}
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| [[Muscarinic acetylcholine M1 receptor|M<sub>1</sub>]]–[[Muscarinic acetylcholine M5 receptor|M<sub>5</sub>]] || {{Abbr|ND|No data}}
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| [[I1 receptor|I<sub>1</sub>]] || {{Abbr|ND|No data}}
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| [[Sigma-1 receptor|σ<sub>1</sub>]], [[Sigma-2 receptor|σ<sub>2</sub>]] || {{Abbr|ND|No data}}
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| {{Abbrlink|TAAR1|Trace amine-associated receptor 1}} || 4,100 (K<sub>i</sub>) (mouse)<br />110 (K<sub>i</sub>) (rat)<br />2,300 ({{Abbr|EC<sub>50</sub>|half-maximal effective concentration}}) (mouse)<br />340 ({{Abbr|EC<sub>50</sub>|half-maximal effective concentration}}) (rat)<br />>10,000 ({{Abbr|EC<sub>50</sub>|half-maximal effective concentration}}) (human)<br />57% ({{Abbr|E<sub>max</sub>|maximal efficacy}}) (mouse)<br />51% ({{Abbr|E<sub>max</sub>|maximal efficacy}}) (rat)
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| {{Abbrlink|SERT|Serotonin transporter}} || 24,000 (K<sub>i</sub>)<br />72,000–74,000 ({{Abbrlink|IC<sub>50</sub>|half-maximal inhibitory concentration}})<br />>100,000 ({{Abbr|EC<sub>50</sub>|half-maximal effective concentration}}) (rat)
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| {{Abbrlink|NET|Norepinephrine transporter}} || >30,000 (K<sub>i</sub>)<br />63,000–93,000 ({{Abbr|IC<sub>50</sub>|half-maximal inhibitory concentration}})<br />100,000 ({{Abbr|EC<sub>50</sub>|half-maximal effective concentration}}) (rat)
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| {{Abbrlink|DAT|Dopamine transporter}} || >30,000 (K<sub>i</sub>)<br />305,000 ({{Abbr|IC<sub>50</sub>|half-maximal inhibitory concentration}})<br />>100,000 ({{Abbr|EC<sub>50</sub>|half-maximal effective concentration}}) (rat)
|-
| {{Abbrlink|MAO-A|Monoamine oxidase A}} || {{Abbr|ND|No data}} ({{Abbr|IC<sub>50</sub>|half-maximal inhibitory concentration}})
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| {{Abbrlink|MAO-B|Monoamine oxidase B}} || {{Abbr|ND|No data}} ({{Abbr|IC<sub>50</sub>|half-maximal inhibitory concentration}})
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| colspan="2" style="width: 1px; background-color:#eaecf0; text-align: center;" | '''Notes:''' The smaller the value, the more avidly the drug binds to the site. All proteins are human unless otherwise specified. 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2C-C acts as an [[agonist]] of the [[serotonin]] [[5-HT2 receptor|5-HT<sub>2</sub> receptor]]s.<ref name="Gil-MartinsBarbosaBorges2025">{{cite journal | vauthors = Gil-Martins E, Barbosa DJ, Borges F, Remião F, Silva R | title = Toxicodynamic insights of 2C and NBOMe drugs - Is there abuse potential? | journal = Toxicol Rep | volume = 14 | issue = | pages = 101890 | date = June 2025 | pmid = 39867514 | doi = 10.1016/j.toxrep.2025.101890 | url = | pmc = 11762925 }}</ref><ref name="RickliLuethiReinisch2015" /> It also binds to the serotonin [[5-HT1A receptor|5-HT<sub>1A</sub> receptor]] with 15-fold lower [[affinity (pharmacology)|affinity]] than for the serotonin [[5-HT2A receptor|5-HT<sub>2A</sub> receptor]].<ref name="Gil-MartinsBarbosaBorges2025" /><ref name="RickliLuethiReinisch2015" /> The drug shows little or no affinity for the [[monoamine transporter]]s (MATs) and shows very weak or negligible [[monoamine reuptake inhibition]].<ref name="RickliLuethiReinisch2015" /><ref name="KimMaHur2021" /> It shows high affinity for the rat [[trace amine-associated receptor 1]] (TAAR1), but only weak affinity for the mouse TAAR1.<ref name="Gil-MartinsBarbosaBorges2025" /><ref name="RickliLuethiReinisch2015" />

In contrast to many other psychedelics, 2C-C, as well as [[2C-P]] and certain 2C [[NBOMe]] [[structural analog|analogue]]s, has shown [[positive reinforcement|reinforcing]] effects in rodents.<ref name="Gil-MartinsBarbosaBorges2025" /><ref name="KimMaHur2021">{{cite journal | vauthors = Kim YJ, Ma SX, Hur KH, Lee Y, Ko YH, Lee BR, Kim SK, Sung SJ, Kim KM, Kim HC, Lee SY, Jang CG | title = New designer phenethylamines 2C-C and 2C-P have abuse potential and induce neurotoxicity in rodents | journal = Arch Toxicol | volume = 95 | issue = 4 | pages = 1413–1429 | date = April 2021 | pmid = 33515270 | doi = 10.1007/s00204-021-02980-x | url = }}</ref> It produces [[dose-dependent]] [[conditioned place preference]] (CPP) in mice and [[self-administration]] in rats.<ref name="Gil-MartinsBarbosaBorges2025" /><ref name="KimMaHur2021" /> These findings suggest that 2C-C may have [[misuse potential]].<ref name="Gil-MartinsBarbosaBorges2025" /><ref name="KimMaHur2021" /> The [[mechanism of action|mechanism]] by which these effects are produced is unknown.<ref name="KimMaHur2021" /> However, 2C-C was found to decrease [[dopamine transporter]] (DAT) [[gene expression|expression]] and to increase DAT [[phosphorylation]] in the [[nucleus accumbens]] and [[medial prefrontal cortex]] (mPFC) similarly to [[methamphetamine]] in rodents.<ref name="Gil-MartinsBarbosaBorges2025" /><ref name="KimMaHur2021" /> Decreased DAT expression may result in reduced [[dopamine]] [[reuptake]], while DAT phosphorylation is associated with dopamine [[reverse transport]] and [[efflux pump|efflux]], in turn increasing [[extracellular]] dopamine levels.<ref name="Gil-MartinsBarbosaBorges2025" /><ref name="KimMaHur2021" />

2C-C has also been found to produce [[neurotoxicity]] at high doses in rodents, which appears to be mediated via [[neuroinflammation]].<ref name="KimMaHur2021" />