4'-Methyl-α-pyrrolidinobutiophenone

Chemical compound

CA: Schedule I
DE: NpSG (Industrial and scientific use only)
UK: Class B

Identifiers

IUPAC name

(RS)-1-(4-methylphenyl)-2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)-1-butanone

CAS Number

732180-91-5

PubChem CID

57486975

ChemSpider

52084421

UNII

B1GB3U8YGM

Chemical and physical dataFormulaC₁₅H₂₁NOMolar mass231.339 g·mol⁻¹3D model (JSmol)

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ChiralityRacemic mixture

SMILES

C1CCCN1C(CC)C(=O)c(cc2)ccc2C

InChI

InChI=1S/C15H21NO/c1-3-14(16-10-4-5-11-16)15(17)13-8-6-12(2)7-9-13/h6-9,14H,3-5,10-11H2,1-2H3
Key:NXNPGAAZKYDOPW-UHFFFAOYSA-N

4'-Methyl-α-pyrrolidinobutiophenone or MPBP is a stimulant compound which has been reported as a novel designer drug.^[1]^[2] It is closely related to pyrovalerone, being simply its chain-shortened homologue.

References

^ Peters FT, Meyer MR, Fritschi G, Maurer HH (September 2005). "Studies on the metabolism and toxicological detection of the new designer drug 4'-methyl-alpha-pyrrolidinobutyrophenone (MPBP) in rat urine using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry". Journal of Chromatography. B, Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences. 824 (1–2): 81–91. doi:10.1016/j.jchromb.2005.07.003. PMID 16046201.
^ Peters FT, Meyer MR, Theobald DS, Maurer HH (January 2008). "Identification of cytochrome P450 enzymes involved in the metabolism of the new designer drug 4'-methyl-alpha-pyrrolidinobutyrophenone". Drug Metabolism and Disposition. 36 (1): 163–8. doi:10.1124/dmd.107.017293. PMID 17962373. S2CID 22230363.