methyldesorphine
Sign in to saveMethyldesorphine is an opioid analgesic. First synthesized in Germany in 1940 and patented in the US in 1952, it has a high potential for abuse as with any potent opioid agonist, and is sometimes found along with desomorphine as a component of the home-made opioid mixture known as "Krokodil" used in Russia and the neighboring former Soviet republics. It is approximately 15 times more potent than morphine as an analgesic, but if the 6-7 bond is saturated, the β isomer is some 50 times more potent than morphine.
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- 283.157
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- chemical formula
- C₁₈H₂₁NO₂
- canonical SMILES
- CC1=CCC2C3CC4=C5C2(C1OC5=C(C=C4)O)CCN3C
- isomeric SMILES
- CC1=CC[C@H]2[C@H]3CC4=C5[C@]2([C@H]1OC5=C(C=C4)O)CCN3C
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Methyldesorphine is an opioid analgesic. First synthesized in Germany in 1940 and patented in the US in 1952, it has a high potential for abuse as with any potent opioid agonist, and is sometimes found along with desomorphine as a component of the home-made opioid mixture known as "Krokodil" used in Russia and the neighboring former Soviet republics. It is approximately 15 times more potent than morphine as an analgesic, but if the 6-7 bond is saturated, the β isomer is some 50 times more potent than morphine.
Methyldesorphine is listed as a Schedule I Narcotic controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act 1970 in the United States with a DEA ACSCN of 9302 and zero annual aggregate manufacturing quota. The free base conversion ratio of the hydrochloride is 0.89.