Ephedrone

Methcathinone

Clinical data
Routes of administration	Vaporized, insufflated, injected, orally
ATC code	none
Legal status
Legal status	CA: Schedule III DE: Anlage I (Authorized scientific use only) UK: Class B US: Schedule I
Pharmacokinetic data
Excretion	Urine
Identifiers
IUPAC name (RS)-2-(methylamino)-1-phenyl-propan-1-one
CAS Number	5650-44-2 N (R form) 49656-78-2 (R form · HCl) 112117-24-5 (S form) 66514-93-0 (S form · HCl)
PubChem CID	1576
ChemSpider	1519 Y
ECHA InfoCard	100.024.630
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C10H13NO
Molar mass	163.22 g/mol
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
Chirality	Racemic mixture
SMILES O=C(c1ccccc1)C(NC)C
InChI InChI=1S/C10H13NO/c1-8(11-2)10(12)9-6-4-3-5-7-9/h3-8,11H,1-2H3 Y Key:LPLLVINFLBSFRP-UHFFFAOYSA-N Y
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Methcathinone (α-methylamino-propiophenone or ephedrone) (sometimes called "cat" or "jeff" or "catnip" or "intash" ) is a monoamine alkaloid and psychoactive stimulant, a substituted cathinone. It is used as a recreational drug due to its potent stimulant and euphoric effects and is considered to be addictive, with both physical and psychological withdrawal occurring if its use is discontinued after prolonged or high-dosage administration. It is usually snorted, but can be smoked, injected, or taken orally.

Methcathinone is listed as a Schedule I controlled substance by the Convention on Psychotropic Substances and the United States' Controlled Substances Act, and as such it is not considered to be safe or effective in the treatment, diagnosis, prevention, or cure of any disease, and has no approved medical use. Possession and distribution of methcathinone for the purpose of human consumption is illegal under any/all circumstances in the United States and is either illegal or highly regulated in most jurisdictions world-wide.

Methcathinone was first synthesized in 1928 in the United States and was patented by Parke Davis in 1957. It was used in the Soviet Union during the 1930s and 1940s as an anti-depressant (under the name Эфедрон—ephedrone). Methcathinone has long been used as a drug of abuse in the Soviet Union and Russia.