1-Phenylethylamines: a new series of illicit drugs?

• Published in: Forensic science international Vol. 77; no. 3; pp. 141 - 149
• Main Authors: King, L.A., Poortman-van der Meer, A.J., Huizer, H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ireland Ltd 09.02.1996; Elsevier
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Designer drugs; Designer Drugs - chemistry; Drug abuse; Drug addictions; Europe; Illicit synthesis; Leuckart impurities; Mass spectra; Medical sciences; Monoamine oxidase inhibitors; Phenethylamines - chemistry; Phenylethylamines; Substance-Related Disorders; Toxicology; Europe; Drug abuse; Monoamine oxidase inhibitors; Leuckart impurities; Designer drugs; Illicit synthesis; Phenylethylamines; Mass spectra; Amine; Impurity; CNS stimulant; Enzyme; Psychotropic; Analog; Enzyme inhibitor; Illicit preparation; Drug of abuse; Oxidoreductases; Amine oxidase (flavin-containing)
• ISSN: 0379-0738; 1872-6283
• DOI: 10.1016/0379-0738(95)01852-2

Since 1993 many seizures of 1-phenylethylamine have been made in several European countries. It was originally thought that 1-phenylethylamine had been made in error, but later information suggested that it had been prepared deliberately. The related compounds, 1-amino-1-(4-methylphenyl)ethane and 1-methylamino-1-phenylethane and the 1-propanamine isomer of 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine, have also occurred in isolated cases. Analytical data are presented on these amines as well as a number of Leuckart impurities in 1-phenylethylamine. The pharmacological effects of these substances are largely unknown.