yes indeed. Already thought of it when I was informed of the latter substitution as per this thread.
Not to mention the alpha-methyl and alpha-ethyl, and the methcathinone and the pthalimidopropiophenone version of the plain cathinone versions, I think the latter would work anyway, since pthalimidopropiophenone apparently works as a prodrug for cathinone, cleaving in the stomachs acidic environment. Would be neat to try at least with substituted cathinones, knowing now that beta-keto-2C-B IS active, but is extraordinarily unstable.
As far as the 2-C, cathinone and methcathinone and DOTFM derivatives go....does the montreal protocol ban production of small (laborotory research scale) quantities of fluorohalocarbons? (that is where one or more halide substituents are not F? and it only covers chlorine and bromine doesn't it, in any case? so CF3I wouldn't be banned and thus completely unobtainable bar synthesis, or am I mistaken with respect to fluoroiodocarbons? otherwise..further substitution of fluoroform would be exceedingly difficult wouldn't it, due to the strongly electron-withdrawing effects of even 1 F atom, three would make things bloody hard to say the least,no?