Chemistry:4-Methylcathinone

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Short description: Stimulant designer drug
4-Methylcathinone
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Legal status
Legal status
  • DE: NpSG (Industrial and scientific use only)
  • UK: Class B
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC10H13NO
Molar mass163.220 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)

4-Methylcathinone (also known as Nor-Mephedrone, 4-MC and NSC-60487), is a stimulant drug of the cathinone chemical class. It is a metabolite of the better known drug mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone).[1][2][3][4]

4-Methylcathinone displays a 2.4-fold selectivity to promote monoamine release via DAT over SERT as opposed to 309-fold selectivity for cathinone.[5]

See also

References

  1. "nor-Mephedrone". Cayman Chemical. https://www.caymanchem.com/app/template/Product.vm/catalog/9000940. 
  2. "Beta-keto amphetamines: studies on the metabolism of the designer drug mephedrone and toxicological detection of mephedrone, butylone, and methylone in urine using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry". Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 397 (3): 1225–33. June 2010. doi:10.1007/s00216-010-3636-5. PMID 20333362. 
  3. "In vitro metabolism studies on mephedrone and analysis of forensic cases". Drug Testing and Analysis 5 (6): 430–8. June 2013. doi:10.1002/dta.1369. PMID 22573603. 
  4. "The pharmacology and toxicology of the synthetic cathinone mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone)". Drug Testing and Analysis 3 (7–8): 454–63. July–August 2011. doi:10.1002/dta.312. PMID 21755604. 
  5. "Abuse-related neurochemical and behavioral effects of cathinone and 4-methylcathinone stereoisomers in rats". European Neuropsychopharmacology 26 (2): 288–297. February 2016. doi:10.1016/j.euroneuro.2015.12.010. PMID 26738428.