Methoxyqualone (2-Methoxyqualone) is a

quinazolinone Quinazolinone is a heterocyclic chemical compound, a quinazoline with a carbonyl group in the C4N2 ring. Two isomers are possible: 2-quinazolinone and 4-quinazolinone, with the 4-isomer being the more common. These compounds are of interest in ...

-class chemical compound which 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 identified in Mongolia in 2022. It is closely related in structure to compounds such as

etaqualone Etaqualone (Aolan, Athinazone, Ethinazone) is a quinazolinone-class GABAergic and is an analogue of methaqualone that was developed in the 1960s. It was primarily marketed in France and other European countries, as well as later in China, where ...

and

nitromethaqualone Nitromethaqualone is an analogue of methaqualone that has similar sedative and hypnotic A hypnotic (from Ancient Greek, Greek ''Hypnos'', sleep), also known as a somnifacient or soporific, and commonly known as sleeping pills, are a class ...

which have previously been sold as designer drugs, and is presumed to have similar

sedative A sedative or tranquilliser is a substance that induces sedation by reducing irritability or Psychomotor agitation, excitement. They are central nervous system (CNS) Depressant, depressants and interact with brain activity, causing its decelera ...

effects.

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Sedatives Quinazolinones GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators Designer drugs 2-Methoxyphenyl compounds {{sedative-stub

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