Methedrone

Methedrone
Clinical data
Other namespara-Methoxymethcathinone; 4-Methoxymethcathinone; bk-PMMA; PMMC; Methoxyphedrine; 4-MeOMC
ATC code
  • none
Legal status
Legal status
  • DE: Anlage II (Authorized trade only, not prescriptible)
  • UK: Class B
  • I-P(Poland)
Pharmacokinetic data
Elimination half-life26.2 ± 0.7 hours
Identifiers
  • (RS)-1-(4-Methoxyphenyl)-2-(methylamino)propan-1-one
CAS Number
PubChem CID
ChemSpider
UNII
ChEMBL
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
ECHA InfoCard100.209.920
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC11H15NO2
Molar mass193.246 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
ChiralityRacemic mixture
  • O=C(c1ccc(OC)cc1)C(NC)C
  • InChI=1S/C11H15NO2/c1-8(12-2)11(13)9-4-6-10(14-3)7-5-9/h4-8,12H,1-3H3 Y
  • Key:MQUIHBQDYYAEMH-UHFFFAOYSA-N Y
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Methedrone (para-methoxymethcathinone, 4-methoxymethcathinone, bk-PMMA, PMMC, methoxyphedrine, 4-MeOMC) is a recreational drug of the cathinone chemical class. Chemically, methedrone is closely related to para-methoxymethamphetamine (PMMA), methylone and mephedrone. Methedrone received media attention in 2009 after the death of two young Swedish men. In both cases toxicology analysis showed methedrone was the only drug present in both men during the time of their overdose and subsequent deaths.