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4 Methylcathinone

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PubChem CID
  
414532

UNII
  
CY9HK59OK6

Molar mass
  
163.219 g/mol

ChemSpider
  
367058

Formula
  
C10H13NO

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Legal status
  
CA: Schedule I UK: Class B

CAS Number
  
31952-47-3 HCl: 6941-17-9

4-Methylcathinone (also known as Nor-Mephedrone, 4-MC and NSC-60487), is a stimulant drug of the cathinone chemical class that has been sold online as a designer drug. It is a metabolite of the better known drug mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone).

4-Methylcathinone displays a 2.4-fold selectivity to promote monoamine release via DAT over SERT as opposed to 309-fold selectivity for cathinone.

References

4-Methylcathinone Wikipedia