4'-Methyl-α-pyrrolidinopropiophenone (4-MePPP, MPPP or MαPPP) is a
stimulant
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drug and
substituted cathinone
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. 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
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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, 4-MePPP is still sometimes found as an ingredient of grey-market "
bath salt" 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-PVP)
See also
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α-Pyrrolidinopropiophenone (α-PPP)
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4'-Methoxy-α-pyrrolidinopropiophenone (MOPPP)
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3,4-Methylenedioxy-α-pyrrolidinopropiophenone (MDPPP)
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3',4'-Methylenedioxy-α-pyrrolidinobutiophenone (MDPBP)
References
Designer drugs
Pyrrolidinophenones
Stimulants
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