N-Ethylpentedrone

Designer drug of the substituted cathinone class

BR: Class F2 (Prohibited psychotropics)^[1]
DE: NpSG (Industrial and scientific use only)
UK: Class B
Illegal in Japan and China, Controlled substance in Sweden^[2]^[3]

Identifiers

IUPAC name

2-(Ethylamino)-1-phenylpentan-1-one

CAS Number

779974-89-9
18268-16-1 (HCl)

PubChem CID

205592

ChemSpider

178126

UNII

B483GRH93Q

Chemical and physical dataFormulaC₁₃H₁₉NOMolar mass205.301 g·mol⁻¹3D model (JSmol)

Interactive image

SMILES

CCCC(C(=O)C1=CC=CC=C1)NCC

InChI

InChI=InChI=1S/C13H19NO/c1-3-8-12(14-4-2)13(15)11-9-6-5-7-10-11/h5-7,9-10,12,14H,3-4,8H2,1-2H3
Key:QQAHEGDXEXIQPR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

N-Ethylpentedrone (also known as α-ethylaminopentiophenone, α-EAPP, α-ethylaminovalerophenone, N-ethylnorpentedrone, and NEP) is a chemical compound of the substituted cathinone class.^[4] Since the mid-2010s, NEP has been sold online as a designer drug.^[5]^[6] It is the N-ethyl analog of pentedrone.

Legal status

NEP is illegal in Japan and^[7] China, and is classified as a '"potentially harmful substance"', thus, controlled, but not banned in Sweden.^[8]^[9]

References

^ Anvisa (2023-07-24). "RDC Nº 804 - Listas de Substâncias Entorpecentes, Psicotrópicas, Precursoras e Outras sob Controle Especial" [Collegiate Board Resolution No. 804 - Lists of Narcotic, Psychotropic, Precursor, and Other Substances under Special Control] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário Oficial da União (published 2023-07-25). Archived from the original on 2023-08-27. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
^ "31 nya ämnen kan klassas som narkotika eller hälsofarlig vara" [31 new substances can be classified as drugs or health hazardous products] (in Swedish). Folkhälsomyndigheten. 21 June 2016.
^ "The Swedish Governments Official List Of Narcotics".
^ Matsuta S, Katagi M, Nishioka H, Kamata H, Sasaki K, Shima N, et al. (2014). "Structural characterization of cathinone-type designer drugs by EI mass spectrometry". Japanese Journal of Forensic Science and Technology (in Japanese). 19 (2): 77–89. doi:10.3408/jafst.19.77.
^ "2-(Ethylamino)-1-phenylpentan-1-one". New Synthetic Drugs Database.
^ Pieprzyca E, Skowronek R, Czekaj P (November 2021). "Toxicological Analysis of Cases of Mixed Poisonings with Synthetic Cathinones and other Drugs of Abuse". Journal of Analytical Toxicology. 46 (9): 1008–1015. doi:10.1093/jat/bkab119. PMID 34849994.
^ "指定薬物一覧" (PDF) (in Japanese). Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
^ "31 nya ämnen kan klassas som narkotika eller hälsofarlig vara" [31 new substances can be classified as drugs or health hazardous products] (in Swedish). Folkhälsomyndigheten. 21 June 2016.
^ "The Swedish Governments Official List Of Narcotics". rkrattsbaser.gov.se. Archived from the original on 21 June 2016.