Chemistry:Ethylone

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Short description: Chemical compound
Ethylone
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Clinical data
Pregnancy
category
  • N (US)
Routes of
administration
Oral, nasal, IV
Legal status
Legal status
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UNII
KEGG
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC12H15NO3
Molar mass221.256 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
ChiralityRacemic mixture
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Ethylone, also known as 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-ethylcathinone (MDEC, βk-MDEA), is a recreational designer drug classified as an entactogen, stimulant, and psychedelic of the phenethylamine, amphetamine, and cathinone chemical classes. It is the β-keto analogue of MDEA ("Eve"). Ethylone has only a short history of human use and is reported to be less potent than its relative methylone.[citation needed] In the United States, it began to be found in cathinone products in late 2011.[2]

Very little data exists about the pharmacological properties, metabolism, and toxicity of ethylone, and although several ethylone-related deaths have been reported, the cause of death was not due to ingestion of ethylone.[2]


Pharmacokinetics

Analysis of human and rat urine for the metabolites of bk-amphetamines suggested that ethylone was degraded in the following metabolic steps:[3]

  1. N-deethylation to the primary amine.
  2. Reduction of the keto moiety to the respective alcohol.

Legal Status

As of October 2015 Ethylone is a controlled substance in China.[4]

See also

References

  1. "Substance Details Ethylone". https://www.unodc.org/LSS/Substance/Details/2d91de8d-13b7-4c69-9a1b-b1b379c4223e. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Ethylone-Related Deaths: Toxicological Findings". Journal of Analytical Toxicology 39 (7): 567–71. September 2015. doi:10.1093/jat/bkv053. PMID 26025164. 
  3. "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. 
  4. "关于印发《非药用类麻醉药品和精神药品列管办法》的通知" (in Chinese). China Food and Drug Administration. 27 September 2015. http://www.sfda.gov.cn/WS01/CL0056/130753.html. 

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