Mephedrine

Mephedrine
Clinical data
ATC code
  • none
Legal status
Legal status
Identifiers
  • N-methyl-1-(4-methylphenyl)propan-2-amine
CAS Number
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CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC11H17N
Molar mass163.264 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • c1cc(C)ccc1CC(C)NC
  • InChI=1S/C11H17N/c1-9-4-6-11(7-5-9)8-10(2)12-3/h4-7,10,12H,8H2,1-3H3 checkY
  • Key:GAIWFPOJOHUEBL-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
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4-Methylmethamphetamine (4-MMA) or Mephedrine, is a putative stimulant and entactogen drug of the amphetamine class. It is the β-deketo analogue of mephedrone.[1]

  1. ^ Meyer MR, Wilhelm J, Peters FT, Maurer HH (March 2010). "Beta-keto amphetamines: studies on the metabolism of the designer drug mephedrone and toxicological detection of mephedrone, butylone, and methylone in urine using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry". Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 397 (3): 1225–33. doi:10.1007/s00216-010-3636-5. PMID 20333362. S2CID 21471611.