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Phenacylamine

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Phenacylamine
Clinical data
Other namesPhenylacylamine; β-Ketophenethylamine; β-Ketophenylethylamine; β-Oxophenethylamine; β-Oxophenylethylamine; βk-PEA; bk-PEA; 2-Aminoacetophenone; ortho-Aminoacetophenone; o-Aminoacetophenone; α-Desmethylcathinone
Drug classNorepinephrine–dopamine releasing agent; Stimulant
Identifiers
  • 2-amino-1-phenylethanone
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ECHA InfoCard100.009.418 Edit this at Wikidata
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC8H9NO
Molar mass135.166 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • C1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=O)CN
  • InChI=1S/C8H9NO/c9-6-8(10)7-4-2-1-3-5-7/h1-5H,6,9H2
  • Key:HEQOJEGTZCTHCF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Phenacylamine, also known as β-ketophenethylamine or as 2-aminoacetophenone, is a substituted phenethylamine derivative.[1][2] It is the phenethylamine homologue of cathinone (β-ketoamphetamine) and hence is a parent compound of a large number of stimulant and entactogen drugs.[1][3][4]

Phenacylamine is also active itself; it is a potent monoamine releasing agent of dopamine (EC50Tooltip half-maximal effective concentration = 208 nM) in vitro, whereas it was inactive for serotonin (EC50 > 10,000 nM) and the EC50 for norepinephrine was not assessed but the drug induced 96% release of norepinephrine at a concentration of 10,000 nM.[2][5] Hence, phenacylamine acts as a norepinephrine–dopamine releasing agent (NDRA).[2][5]

See also

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(2-cyclohexyl-1-phényl-2-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)éthan-1-one) a-PCYP

References

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  2. ^ a b c Reith ME, Blough BE, Hong WC, Jones KT, Schmitt KC, Baumann MH, Partilla JS, Rothman RB, Katz JL (February 2015). "Behavioral, biological, and chemical perspectives on atypical agents targeting the dopamine transporter". Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 147: 1–19. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.12.005. PMC 4297708. PMID 25548026.
  3. ^ Kolesnikova TO, Khatsko SL, Demin KA, Shevyrin VA, Kalueff AV (January 2019). "DARK Classics in Chemical Neuroscience: α-Pyrrolidinovalerophenone ("Flakka")". ACS Chem Neurosci. 10 (1): 168–174. doi:10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00525. PMID 30384587.
  4. ^ German CL, Fleckenstein AE, Hanson GR (February 2014). "Bath salts and synthetic cathinones: an emerging designer drug phenomenon". Life Sci. 97 (1): 2–8. doi:10.1016/j.lfs.2013.07.023. PMC 3909723. PMID 23911668.
  5. ^ a b Blough BE, Decker AM, Landavazo A, Namjoshi OA, Partilla JS, Baumann MH, Rothman RB (March 2019). "The dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine releasing activities of a series of methcathinone analogs in male rat brain synaptosomes". Psychopharmacology. 236 (3): 915–924. doi:10.1007/s00213-018-5063-9. PMC 6475490. PMID 30341459.