Pentylone

Pentylone
Systematic (IUPAC) name
(±)-1-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-2-(methylamino)pentan-1-one
Clinical data
Pregnancy cat.  ?
Legal status  ?
Identifiers
CAS number 698963-77-8
17763-01-8 (hydrochloride)
ATC code None
Chemical data
Formula C13H17NO3 
Mol. mass 235.278 g/mol
SMILES eMolecules & PubChem
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β-Keto-Methylbenzodioxolylpentanamine (Pentylone, bk-Methyl-K, bk-MBDP) is a stimulant compound developed in the 1960s,[1] which has been reported as a novel designer drug, identified in some samples of powders sold as "NRG-1", along with varying blends of other substituted cathinone derivatives including flephedrone, MDPBP, MDPV and MPPP. It was also found in combination with MPPP being sold as "NRG-3".[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Substituted phenyl-α-amino ketones. British Patent GB 1085135 (1969).
  2. ^ Brandt SD, Freeman S, Sumnall HR, Measham F, Cole J (December 2010). "Analysis of NRG 'legal highs' in the UK: identification and formation of novel cathinones". Drug Testing and Analysis. doi:10.1002/dta.204. PMID 21191917.