Ethcathinone

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Ethcathinone
Ethcathinone.svg
Ball-and-stick model of the ethcathinone molecule
Systematic (IUPAC) name
(RS)-2-ethylamino-1-phenyl-propan-1-one
Clinical data
Legal status
Routes of
administration		 oral, intranasal
Identifiers
CAS Number 51553-17-4 YesY
ATC code none
PubChem CID: 458519
IUPHAR/BPS 7398
ChemSpider 403504 YesY
Synonyms N-Ethylcathinone; 2-Ethylaminopropiophenone
Chemical data
Formula C11H15NO
Molecular mass 177.3 g/mol
  • O=C(c1ccccc1)C(NCC)C
  • InChI=1S/C11H15NO/c1-3-12-9(2)11(13)10-7-5-4-6-8-10/h4-9,12H,3H2,1-2H3 YesY
  • Key:LYMHIBZGTAPASQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N YesY
Physical data
Melting point 195 to 198 °C (383 to 388 °F) (hydrochlorid)
Boiling point 272.3 °C (522.1 °F) at 760 mmHg (hydrochlorid)
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Ethcathinone, also known as ethylpropion or ETH-CAT, is a stimulant drug of the phenethylamine, amphetamine, and cathinone chemical classes. It is an active metabolite of the prodrug diethylcathinone and is fully responsible for its effects. Ethcathinone has been identified as an ingredient in both quasi-legal "party pills",[1] and, along with mephedrone, has also been reported as having been sold as "ecstasy" in the Australian city of Cairns.[2][3]

Pharmacology

The pharmacology for ethcathinone appeared alongside other psychostimulants in a paper by Rothman and Baumann in 2006.[4] The predominant two modes of action for ethcathinone is as a moderately active releaser of noradrenaline (EC50 = 99.3nM);[4] however it is only a relatively weak inhibitor of dopamine reuptake (Ki = 1,014nM).[4]

Since diethylcathinone appears to be an inactive prodrug and only becomes active after it has been further metabolized to ethcathinone,[4] it thereby would appear rational to consider that ethcathinone would also be expected to be N-dealkylated upon its consumption to the more active drug cathinone that is more able to reliably stimulate the release of dopamine. However, in contrast to diethylcathinone, ethcathinone is not universally considered to be a prodrug since (as is the case with (tramadol, codeine, and MDMA) it is already active in its own right, therefore being excluded from the category by some of the more strict definitions.

Legal status

Ethcathinone, along with mephedrone and flephedrone, was banned in Denmark on December 18, 2008.

As of October 2015 Ethcathinone is a controlled substance in China.[5]

Ethyl cathinone is listed as a Schedule I Controlled Substance by the USDEA based on it being a positional isomer of mephedrone.[6]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Killer pills hit Cairns
  3. ↑ Police warn of potentially fatal 'fake ecstasy'
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ DEA Controlled Substances Act listing dated 21-Jul-15
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