2,5-dimethoxy-4-bromo-β-nitrostyrene
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The site has renamed them to 2C-X-nitrostyrene, which certainly doesn't help with the idea that they could be consumables. It's a bad decision when the vendor knows that some of the other "Not For Human Consumption" stuff they're selling alongside is being capsuled and eaten. They do have them labeled as "intermediates" but I'm not sure everyone knows what that means, and that it isn't a bogus category like "plant food"
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A strange detail about this is that beta-nitrostyrenes have been tested as antimicrobials that are effective agains antibiotic-resistant bacteria:
www.mdpi.com
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
I'm not sure whether they are something that could be put in vivo and damage only the bacteria and not be toxic to human/animal cells. As with any chemical, it's best to assume that they can be very toxic.
The first time I saw a publication about using those compounds for that purpose, I thought it was a scheme to obtain amphetamine precursors legally by using a research project as an excuse (especially as the nitrostyrene precursor of MDMA was included there).
Comparisons of Halogenated β-Nitrostyrenes as Antimicrobial Agents
The influence of three types of halogen-substituted E-β-methyl-β-nitrostyrenes (such as Compounds B, D, H) to overcome bacterial activity that is currently a significant health threat was studied. The evaluations of their bio-potency was measured and related to their structure and activity...
www.mdpi.com
Beta-nitrostyrene derivatives as potential antibacterial agents: a structure-property-activity relationship study - PubMed
A multidisciplinary project was developed, combining the synthesis of a series of beta-nitrostyrene derivatives and the determination of their physicochemical parameters (redox potentials, partition coefficients), to the evaluation of the corresponding antibacterial activity. A complete...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
I'm not sure whether they are something that could be put in vivo and damage only the bacteria and not be toxic to human/animal cells. As with any chemical, it's best to assume that they can be very toxic.
The first time I saw a publication about using those compounds for that purpose, I thought it was a scheme to obtain amphetamine precursors legally by using a research project as an excuse (especially as the nitrostyrene precursor of MDMA was included there).