5-Methylmethiopropamine (5-MMPA, mephedrene) is a
stimulant
Stimulants (also known as central nervous system stimulants, or psychostimulants, or colloquially as uppers) are a class of drugs that increase alertness. They are used for various purposes, such as enhancing attention, motivation, cognition, ...
drug which is a ring-substituted derivative of
methiopropamine
Methiopropamine (MPA), also known as ''N''-methylthiopropamine, is an organic compound structural analog, structurally related to methamphetamine. Originally reported in 1942, the molecule consists of a thiophene functional group, group with an ...
. It is not a
substituted cathinone
Substituted cathinones, or simply cathinones, which include some stimulants and Empathogen-entactogen, entactogens, are chemical derivative, derivatives of cathinone. They feature a substituted phenethylamine, phenethylamine core with an alkyl ...
derivative like
mephedrone
Mephedrone, also known as , , and , is a synthetic stimulant drug belonging to the amphetamine and cathinone classes. It is commonly referred to by slang names such as drone, , white magic, meow meow, and bubble. Chemically, it is similar to ...
, as it lacks a
ketone
In organic chemistry, a ketone is an organic compound with the structure , where R and R' can be a variety of carbon-containing substituents. Ketones contain a carbonyl group (a carbon-oxygen double bond C=O). The simplest ketone is acetone ( ...
group at the β position of the aliphatic side chain, but instead more closely resembles
substituted amphetamine
Substituted amphetamines, or simply amphetamines, are a chemical class, class of compounds based upon the amphetamine structure; it includes all derivative (chemistry), derivative compounds which are formed by replacing, or substitution reacti ...
s. It has been sold as a
designer drug
A designer drug is a structural or functional analog of a controlled substance that has been designed to mimic the pharmacological effects of the original drug, while avoiding classification as illegal and/or detection in standard drug tests. ...
, first being identified in Germany in June 2020.
New psychoactive substances: global markets, glocal threats and the COVID-19 pandemic. European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction, December 2020
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See also
* 3-Chloromethamphetamine
3-Chloromethamphetamine (3-CMA, MCMA) is a substituted amphetamine derivative invented in the 1960s. In animal studies it was deemed to be a "hallucinogen" rather than a stimulant, though the assays used at the time did not distinguish between th ...
* 3-Methylamphetamine
* 3-Methylmethcathinone
3-Methylmethcathinone (3-MMC), also known as metaphedrone, is a designer drug from the substituted cathinone family. 3-MMC is a monoamine transporter substrate (a substance acted upon by monoamine transporters in the brain) that potently releas ...
* 5-Cl-bk-MPA
* Ethiopropamine
References
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Designer drugs
Norepinephrine–dopamine reuptake inhibitors
Stimulants
Thiopropamines