Not strong (good), high TI (good), no nasty metabolites (good) 1-step synthesis (for a pethidine potency compound) - much safer than U47700, a compound that will get banned REALLY fast, I hope.
This compound was discovered by Russian scientists in 1954 & rediscovered in the US in 1969
Ref - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5351480
The paper says '29 was the most potent of the series. It had an ED50 of 16mg/Kg which is roughly twice that of morphine sulfate when determined under similar conditions. LD50 of 238mg/Kg.
It overlays 3,3-dimethyl propinyloxy piperidine (7-10 x pethidine) and is about as potent as pethidine BUT isn't a prodrug - nobody can modify it to make it stronger. I like it because it's an examples of conformational isomerism, a lesson that labile compounds have much less affinity than (semi)rigid analogues. If I get the chance, I may try adding the 3,4-dichloro derivative. Of course, that would be FAAAARRRR from a single-step synthesis; certainly too much for any RC chemist.
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