Chemistry:2-Fluoroamphetamine

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Short description: Stimulant designer drug
2-Fluoroamphetamine
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Ball-and-stick model of the 2-fluoroamphetamine molecule
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC9H12FN
Molar mass153.200 g·mol−1
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1 gram of 2-FA

2-Fluoroamphetamine (2-FA) is a stimulant drug from the amphetamine family which has been sold as a designer drug.[1] 2-Fluoroamphetamine differs from 3- and 4-fluoroamphetamine in the position of the fluorine atom on the aromatic ring, making them positional isomers of one another. The replacement of a hydrogen atom with a fluorine atom in certain compounds to facilitate passage through the blood–brain barrier, as is desirable in central nervous system pharmaceutical agents, is a common practice due to the corresponding increase in lipophilicity granted by this substitution.[2][3]

Pharmacology

Anorexiant dose (amount inhibiting food intake by 50% for 2 hours, given 1 hour earlier) = 15 mg/kg (rat; p.o.).[4]

Analgesic dose (50% inhibition of response to tail-clamp) = 20 mg/kg (mouse; i.p.).[4]

Effect on blood pressure: 0.5 mg/kg (rat; i.v.) produces an increase in BP of 29 mm.[4]

Toxicology

LD50 (mouse; i.p.) = 100 mg/kg.[4]

Legal Status

United States

The Federal Analogue Act, 21 U.S.C. § 813, is a section of the United States Controlled Substances Act, allowing any chemical "substantially similar" to an illegal drug (in Schedule I or II) to be treated as if it were also in Schedule I or II, but only if it is intended (ref 1) for human consumption. 2-FA may be considered to be an analog of amphetamine, thus falling under the Federal Analog Act.

China

As of October 2015 2-FA is a controlled substance in China.[5]

See also

References

  1. "Isomeric fluoro-methoxy-phenylalkylamines: a new series of controlled-substance analogues (designer drugs)". Forensic Science International 148 (2–3): 143–56. March 2005. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.05.003. PMID 15639609. http://bitnest.ca/external.php?id%3D%7DbxUgY%5CC%40%1BR+8%3CW%5C%0E%05%15%1CVIwy%7E%15PwxGD. [yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  2. "Fluorine substituent effects on bioactivity". Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 109: 3–11. 2001. doi:10.1016/s0022-1139(01)00375-x. 
  3. "Important fluorinated drugs in experimental and clinical use". Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 118 (1–2): 27–33. 2002. doi:10.1016/s0022-1139(02)00201-4. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Amphetamines and Related Compounds. New York: Raven Press. 1970. p. 28. 
  5. "关于印发《非药用类麻醉药品和精神药品列管办法》的通知" (in zh). China Food and Drug Administration. 27 September 2015. http://www.sfda.gov.cn/WS01/CL0056/130753.html.