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α-ethyl phenylethylamine? (amphetamine homologue of buphedrone)

Yeah, ok, fine, it's the night of the living nitpicks here...

1-phenyl-2-methylamino-butanone has 1 more carbon than 1-phenyl-2-methylamino-propanone.
 
Glad to see the name aephetamine cropping up (same naming criteria as amphetamine). As stated, when te alpha chain becomes longer, it's better to go for the keto version - 1-phenyl-2-methylaminobutane is a good stimulant, but not in the meth class. The beta keto version is probably the optimum for dopamineergic/noradrenergic activity. Longer chain lengths (a la MDPV) become more dopaminergic up to 6 carbon chain where after that all activity drops off dramatically

Is it just me or does this read like poetry!!!
 
A homologue differs from a related compound in the number of its C units (methyl, R-CH3; methylene, R-CH2-R'; or methine, R-R'-R''-CH).

An analogue differs from a related organic compound via a heteroatom (that is, other than C--in this case, O).

Thus, alpha-ethyl-pea is both an analogue and a homologue of butylone.
 
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