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Ethylamphetamine

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Ethylamphetamine
Systematic (IUPAC) name
N-ethyl-1-phenyl-propan-2-amine
Clinical data
Pregnancy cat.  ?
Legal status Schedule 1
Routes Oral, Sublingual, Insufflated (Snorted), Inhaled (Vaporized), Intravenous, Rectal
Pharmacokinetic data
Metabolism Hepatic
Excretion Renal
Identifiers
CAS number 457-87-4
ATC code A08AA06
PubChem CID 9982
ChemSpider 9588 YesY
KEGG D07114 YesY
ChEMBL CHEMBL276443 YesY
Chemical data
Formula C11H17N 
Mol. mass 163.259 g/mol
SMILES eMolecules & PubChem
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Ethylamphetamine (Apetinil, Adiparthrol), also known as etilamfetamine or N-ethylamphetamine, is a stimulant drug of the phenethylamine and amphetamine chemical classes. It was invented in the early 1900s and was subsequently used as an anorectic or appetite suppressant in the 1950s,[1] but was not as commonly used as other amphetamines such as amphetamine, methamphetamine, and benzphetamine, and was largely discontinued once newer drugs such as phenmetrazine were introduced.

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[edit] Chemistry

The molecular structure of ethylamphetamine is analogous to amphetamine's.[Note 1] It is a substituted amphetamine, with an ethyl group on the amphetamine backbone.[Note 2][Note 3]

[edit] Recreational use

Ethylamphetamine can be used as a recreational drug and, while its prevalence is less than amphetamine's, it is still encountered as a substance taken for recreational purposes.

Ethylamphetamine produces effects similar to amphetamine and methamphetamine, its potency being slightly greater than amphetamine's and lesser than methamphetamine's.[Note 4]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Junet, R. (1956). "Ethylamphetamine in the treatment of obesity". Praxis 45 (43): 986–988. PMID 13389142.  edit

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Amphetamine is a substituted phenethylamine with a methyl group at RA position.
  2. ^ The ethyl group of ethylamphetamine is at RN position, hence the name N-ethylamphetamine.
  3. ^ Ethylamphetamine is structurally similar to N-methylamphetamine (methamphetamine), the ethyl group being replaced in methamphetamine with a methyl group.
  4. ^ Ethylamphetamine's higher potency may make its risk of causing abuse, dependence and/or addiction greater compared to amphetamine.
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