Methylmethaqualone

Methylmethaqualone

Systematic (IUPAC) name
3-(2,4-dimethylphenyl)-2-methylquinazolin-4(3H)-one
Clinical data
Pregnancy cat.	?
Legal status	?
Identifiers
CAS number	3244-75-5
ATC code	None
PubChem	CID 63382
ChemSpider	57045 Y
Chemical data
Formula	C17H16N2O
Mol. mass	264.322
SMILES	eMolecules & PubChem
InChI InChI=1S/C17H16N2O/c1-11-8-9-16(12(2)10-11)19-13(3)18-15-7-5-4-6-14(15)17(19)20/h4-10H,1-3H3 Y Key:MPMDMUROZIYIIM-UHFFFAOYSA-N Y
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Methylmethaqualone (MMQ) is an analogue of methaqualone which has similar sedative and hypnotic properties to its parent compound, and is around the same potency. Methylmethaqualone differs from methaqualone by 4-methylation on the phenyl ring. It was made illegal in Germany in 1999 and listed by the DEA as a "drug of forensic interest" at about the same time, but little other information is available, it would appear that this compound was sold on the black market in Germany as a designer drug analogue of methaqualone.^[1][2]

Animal studies of methylmethaqualone have shown it to produce convulsions at only slightly above the effective sedative dose,^[3] and anecdotal reports from human users have confirmed that it can have a pro-convulsive effect, which could potentially make this compound particularly hazardous if taken in excessive doses.

References

1. ^ Klein RFX, Hays PA (January–June; 2003). "Detection and Analysis of Drugs of Forensic Interest, 1992 - 2001; A Literature Review." (pdf). Microgram Journal (DEA) 1 (1–2): 60. http://www.justice.gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/journal_v1/2003_1-2.pdf. 
2. ^ Angelos, S. A.; Lankin, D. C.; Meyers, J. A.; Raney, J. K. (1993). "The structural identification of a methyl analog of methaqualone via 2-dimensional NMR techniques". Journal of forensic sciences 38 (2): 455–465. PMID 8455002.  edit
3. ^ Boltze, K. H.; Dell, H. D.; Lehwald, H.; Lorenz, D.; Rueberg-Schweer, M. (1963). "Substituted 4-Quinazolinone Derivatives As Hypnotics and Anticonvulsants". Arzneimittel-Forschung 13: 688–701. PMID 14085923.  edit

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