N-Ethylpentedrone

N-Ethylpentedrone (also known as α-ethylaminopentiophenone, α-EAPP, α-ethylaminovalerophenone, N-ethylnorpentedrone, and NEP) is a chemical compound of the substituted cathinone class.[3] Since the mid-2010s, NEP has been sold online as a designer drug.[4][5] It is the N-ethyl analog of pentedrone.

N-Ethylpentedrone
Legal status
Legal status
  • DE: NpSG (Industrial and scientific use only)
  • UK: Class B
  • Illegal in Japan and China, Controlled substance in Sweden[1][2]
Identifiers
  • 2-(Ethylamino)-1-phenylpentan-1-one
CAS Number
PubChem CID
ChemSpider
UNII
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC13H19NO
Molar mass205.301 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • CCCC(C(=O)C1=CC=CC=C1)NCC
  • InChI=InChI=1S/C13H19NO/c1-3-8-12(14-4-2)13(15)11-9-6-5-7-10-11/h5-7,9-10,12,14H,3-4,8H2,1-2H3
  • Key:QQAHEGDXEXIQPR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

NEP is illegal in Japan and[6] China, and is classified as a '"potentially harmful substance"', thus, controlled, but not banned in Sweden.[7][8]

See also

References
  1. "31 nya ämnen kan klassas som narkotika eller hälsofarlig vara" [31 new substances can be classified as drugs or health hazardous products] (in Swedish). Folkhälsomyndigheten. 21 June 2016.
  2. "The Swedish Governments Official List Of Narcotics".
  3. Matsuta S, Katagi M, Nishioka H, Kamata H, Sasaki K, Shima N, et al. (2014). "Structural characterization of cathinone-type designer drugs by EI mass spectrometry". Japanese Journal of Forensic Science and Technology (in Japanese). 19 (2): 77–89. doi:10.3408/jafst.19.77.
  4. "2-(Ethylamino)-1-phenylpentan-1-one". New Synthetic Drugs Database.
  5. Pieprzyca E, Skowronek R, Czekaj P (November 2021). "Toxicological Analysis of Cases of Mixed Poisonings with Synthetic Cathinones and other Drugs of Abuse". Journal of Analytical Toxicology. 46 (9): 1008–1015. doi:10.1093/jat/bkab119. PMID 34849994.
  6. "指定薬物一覧" (PDF) (in Japanese). Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
  7. "31 nya ämnen kan klassas som narkotika eller hälsofarlig vara" [31 new substances can be classified as drugs or health hazardous products] (in Swedish). Folkhälsomyndigheten. 21 June 2016.
  8. "The Swedish Governments Official List Of Narcotics". rkrattsbaser.gov.se. Archived from the original on 21 June 2016.
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