4'-Methyl-α-pyrrolidinopropiophenone (4-MePPP, MPPP or MαPPP) 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 ...
drug and
substituted cathinone
Substituted cathinones, which include some stimulants and entactogens, are derivatives of cathinone. They feature a phenethylamine core with an alkyl group attached to the alpha carbon, and a ketone group attached to the beta carbon, along ...
. It is structurally very similar to
α-PPP, with only one added methyl group in the para position on the phenyl ring. 4-MePPP was sold in Germany as a
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 ...
in the late 1990s and early 2000s, along with a number of other
pyrrolidinophenone derivatives. Although it has never achieved the same international popularity as its better-known relations 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 ...
, 4-MePPP is still sometimes found as an ingredient of grey-market "
bath salt
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" blends
such as "NRG-3".
Legality
In the United States 4-MePPP is considered a schedule 1 controlled substance as an positional isomer of
alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone
α-Pyrrolidinopentiophenone (also known as α-pyrrolidinovalerophenone, α-PVP, O-2387, β-keto-prolintane, prolintanone, or desmethylpyrovalerone) is a synthetic stimulant of the cathinone class developed in the 1960s that has been sold as a ...
(α-PVP)
[https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/schedules/orangebook/orangebook.pdf]
See also
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α-Pyrrolidinopropiophenone (α-PPP)
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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-pyrrolidinopropiophenone (MDPPP)
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3',4'-Methylenedioxy-α-pyrrolidinobutiophenone
3',4'-Methylenedioxy-α-pyrrolidinobutyrophenone (MDPBP) is a stimulant of the cathinone class developed in the 1960s, which has been reported as a novel designer drug. MDPBP is sometimes sold under the name "NRG-1" as a mixture with other cathin ...
(MDPBP)
References
Designer drugs
Pyrrolidinophenones
Stimulants
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