Furanylfentanyl

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Furanylfentanyl
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Systematic (IUPAC) name
N-(1-(2-Phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl)-N-phenylfuran-2-carboxamide
Clinical data
Legal status
  • UK: legal
  • US: legal
  • Illegal in Sweden
Identifiers
CAS Number 101345-66-8
ATC code none
PubChem CID: 13653606
UNII 3F7C9J1LS7 YesY
Chemical data
Formula C24H26N2O2
Molecular mass 374.484 g/mol
  • O=C(N(C2CCN(CCc1ccccc1)CC2)c3ccccc3)c4ccco4
  • InChI=1/C24H26N2O2/c27-24(23-12-7-19-28-23)26(21-10-5-2-6-11-21)22-14-17-25(18-15-22)16-13-20-8-3-1-4-9-20/h1-12,19,22H,13-18H2
  • Key:FZJVHWISUGFFQV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Furanylfentanyl (Fu-F) is an opioid analgesic that is an analog of fentanyl[1] and has been sold as a designer drug.[2] It has an ED50 value of 0.02 mg/kg in mice.[3]

Side effects

Side effects of fentanyl analogs are similar to those of fentanyl itself, which include itching, nausea and potentially serious respiratory depression, which can be life-threatening. Fentanyl analogs have killed hundreds of people throughout Europe and the former Soviet republics since the most recent resurgence in use began in Estonia in the early 2000s, and novel derivatives continue to appear.[4]

Life-threatening adverse reactions due to furanylfentanyl use have been observed in Sweden.[5] At least seven deaths in Cook County, Illinois, have been linked to furanylfentanyl.[6]

Legal status

Furanylfentanyl is illegal in Sweden as of January 2016.[7]

The China connection

According to the DEA,[8] fentanyl and its analog are being mass-produced in clandestine labs in China and are then smuggled into the United States via traditional distribution routes through Mexico. These new variants of fentanyl are manufactured by Chinese chemists in order to circumvent restrictions on sale of fentanyl in the United States.[9]

See also

References

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  3. ↑ US 4584303, Bao-Shan Huang, Ross C. Terrell, Kirsten H. Deutsche, Linas V. Kudzma, Nhora L. Lalinde, "N-aryl-N-(4-piperidinyl)amides and pharmaceutical compositions and method employing such compounds" 
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