3',4'-Methylenedioxy-α-pyrrolidinopropiophenone (MDPPP) is a
stimulant
Stimulants (also known as central nervous system stimulants, or psychostimulants, or colloquially as uppers) are a class of drugs that increase alertness. They are used for various purposes, such as enhancing attention, motivation, cognition, ...
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. ...
. 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 (abbreviated MDPV, and also called monkey dust) 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 Ing ...
,
and has been shown to have reinforcing effects in rats.
Metabolism
MDPPP appears to have a similar metabolic fate as
MDPV
Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (abbreviated MDPV, and also called monkey dust) 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 Ing ...
.
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 α-PPP, with only one added methyl group in the para position on the phenyl ring. 4-MePPP was sol ...
(MPPP)
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4'-Methoxy-α-pyrrolidinopropiophenone (MOPPP)
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3',4'-Methylenedioxy-α-pyrrolidinobutiophenone (MDPBP)
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Dimethylone
References
Designer drugs
Methylenedioxyphenethylamines
Pyrrolidinophenones
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