Ethylone

Ethylone
Clinical data
Pregnancy
category
  • N (US)
Routes of
administration
Oral, nasal, IV
Legal status
Legal status
Identifiers
  • (RS)-1-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-2-(ethylamino)propan-1-one
CAS Number
PubChem CID
ChemSpider
UNII
KEGG
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC12H15NO3
Molar mass221.256 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
ChiralityRacemic mixture
  • CC(NCC)C(=O)c1ccc2OCOc2c1
  • InChI=1S/C12H15NO3/c1-3-13-8(2)12(14)9-4-5-10-11(6-9)16-7-15-10/h4-6,8,13H,3,7H2,1-2H3 N
  • Key:MJEMIOXXNCZZFK-UHFFFAOYSA-N N
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Ethylone, also known as 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-ethylcathinone (MDEC, βk-MDEA), is a recreational designer drug of the phenethylamine, amphetamine, and cathinone chemical classes. It is the β-keto analogue of MDEA ("Eve"). Ethylone has only a short history of human use and is reported to be less potent than its relative methylone. In the United States, it began to be found in cathinone products in late 2011.

Very little data exists about the pharmacological properties, metabolism, and toxicity of ethylone, and although several ethylone-related deaths have been reported, the cause of death was not due to ingestion of ethylone.