5-Chloro-β-keto-methiopropamine (5-Cl-βk-MPA) is a recreational
designer drug with
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 ...
effects. It is a
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 ...
derivative with a
thiophene
Thiophene is a heterocyclic compound with the formula C4H4S. Consisting of a planar five-membered ring, it is aromatic as indicated by its extensive substitution reactions. It is a colorless liquid with a benzene-like odor. In most of its reacti ...
core, closely related to better known drugs such as
βk-Methiopropamine and
mephedrene. It was first identified in Hungary in 2017, and was made illegal in Hungary in 2018, and in Italy in 2020.
See also
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3-Chloromethamphetamine
3-Chloromethamphetamine (3-CMA) is a substituted amphetamine derivative invented in the 1960s. In animal studies it was deemed to be a "hallucinogen" rather than a stimulant, though the assays used at the time did not distinguish between the comp ...
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3-Chloromethcathinone
3-Chloromethcathinone (also known as 3-CMC and clophedrone) is a stimulant drug of the cathinone class that has been sold online as a designer drug, mainly in European countries such as Ireland, Italy, Poland and Sweden.
The pharmacology of 3- ...
References
Cathinones
Designer drugs
Thiophenes
Chloroarenes
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