3',4'-Methylenedioxy-α-pyrrolidinopropiophenone (MDPPP) is a
stimulant
Stimulants (also often referred to as psychostimulants or colloquially as uppers) is an overarching term that covers many drugs including those that increase activity of the central nervous system and the body, drugs that are pleasurable and inv ...
designer drug
A designer drug is a structural or functional analog of a controlled substance that has been designed to mimic the pharmacological effects of the original drug, while avoiding classification as illegal and/or detection in standard drug tests. Des ...
. It was sold in Germany in the late 1990s and early 2000s as an ingredient in imitation
ecstasy (MDMA) pills.
It shares a similar chemical structure with
α-PPP and
MDPV
Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) is a stimulant of the cathinone class that acts as a norepinephrine–dopamine reuptake inhibitor (NDRI). It was first developed in the 1960s by a team at Boehringer Ingelheim. Its activity at the dopamine tra ...
,
and has been shown to have reinforcing effects in rats.
Metabolism
MDPPP appears to have a similar metabolic fate as
MDPV
Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) is a stimulant of the cathinone class that acts as a norepinephrine–dopamine reuptake inhibitor (NDRI). It was first developed in the 1960s by a team at Boehringer Ingelheim. Its activity at the dopamine tra ...
.
Legal Status
MDPPP is a controlled substance in China.
See also
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α-Pyrrolidinopropiophenone (α-PPP)
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4'-Methyl-α-pyrrolidinopropiophenone
4'-Methyl-α-pyrrolidinopropiophenone (4-MePPP, MPPP or MαPPP) is a stimulant drug and substituted cathinone. It is structurally very similar to Alpha-Pyrrolidinopropiophenone, α-PPP, with only one added methyl group in the para position on t ...
(MPPP)
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4'-Methoxy-α-pyrrolidinopropiophenone
4'-Methoxy-α-pyrrolidinopropiophenone (MOPPP) is a stimulant designer drug of the pyrrolidinophenone class. It has the potential to produce euphoria, an effect shared with other classical stimulants.
Recreational use
MOPPP use is infrequ ...
(MOPPP)
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3',4'-Methylenedioxy-α-pyrrolidinobutiophenone (MDPBP)
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Dimethylone
References
Designer drugs
Pyrrolidinophenones
Benzodioxoles
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