Butylone

Butylone
Clinical data
Routes of
administration
oral, intravenous, insufflation
ATC code
  • none
Legal status
Legal status
  • DE: Anlage II (Authorized trade only, not prescriptible)
  • UK: Class B
  • US: Schedule I
  • Illegal in Poland, Norway, Japan, Israel, Finland
Pharmacokinetic data
MetabolismHepatic
ExcretionRenal
Identifiers
  • 1-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-2-(methylamino)butan-1-one
CAS Number
PubChem CID
ChemSpider
UNII
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC12H15NO3
Molar mass221.256 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • CCC(C(=O)C1=CC2=C(C=C1)OCO2)NC
  • InChI=1S/C12H15NO3/c1-3-9(13-2)12(14)8-4-5-10-11(6-8)16-7-15-10/h4-6,9,13H,3,7H2,1-2H3
  • Key:CGKQZIULZRXRRJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Butylone, also known as β-keto-N-methylbenzodioxolylbutanamine (βk-MBDB), is an entactogen, psychedelic, and stimulant psychoactive drug of the phenethylamine, amphetamine, phenylisobutylamine, and cathinone families. It is the β-keto (substituted cathinone) analogue of MBDB and the substituted methylenedioxyphenethylamine analogue of buphedrone.