mad_scientist
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I came across something recently which I thought was interesting, and a bit of a concern. There is a compound, the methoxy (instead of chloro) analogue of ketamine. Since methoxetamine is very recently banned in the UK, there is great demand for a still-legal replacement, and "methoxyketamine" seems to be many people's next compound of choice.
As compounds go, this is not really a worry, it is closely related to ketamine and probably slightly less toxic even I'd expect, much safer for dumbass consumers than the more potent methoxetamine.
What is a worry however, is the CAS number. Methoxyketamine has a CAS number of 7063-51-6. I'm sure this number is correct, as I ordered the registry entry off CAS directly. If you search for this number on google though, 2-(2-methoxyphenyl)-2-(methylamino)cyclohexan-1-one is not what comes up. The compound that comes up is this one, 4-[5-[(5-cyano-1-ethyl-4-methyl-2-morpholin-4-yl-6-oxopyridin-3-yl)methylidene]-4-oxo-2-sulfanylidene-1,3-thiazolidin-3-yl]butanoic acid:
http://www.chemspider.com/Chemical-Structure.4429585.html
I have no idea what that is, it looks vaguely like some kind of calcium channel blocker but could be anything really. At some stage, this compound has become associated with the CAS number 7063-51-6 on several databases including PubChem and the Chinese supplier lists like guidechem and lookchem. I suspect this is an error and actually that compound has a different CAS number entirely, I doubt CAS would assign the same number to two different compounds (though frequently they assign multiple numbers to a single compound).
I strongly suspect we will see consumers ordering this compound in the belief that it is "methoxyketamine", and suffering adverse drug reactions upon snorting it. If anyone could shed any light on what this compound actually does, and what its correct CAS number might be, this may be very helpful to a lot of people.
As compounds go, this is not really a worry, it is closely related to ketamine and probably slightly less toxic even I'd expect, much safer for dumbass consumers than the more potent methoxetamine.
What is a worry however, is the CAS number. Methoxyketamine has a CAS number of 7063-51-6. I'm sure this number is correct, as I ordered the registry entry off CAS directly. If you search for this number on google though, 2-(2-methoxyphenyl)-2-(methylamino)cyclohexan-1-one is not what comes up. The compound that comes up is this one, 4-[5-[(5-cyano-1-ethyl-4-methyl-2-morpholin-4-yl-6-oxopyridin-3-yl)methylidene]-4-oxo-2-sulfanylidene-1,3-thiazolidin-3-yl]butanoic acid:
http://www.chemspider.com/Chemical-Structure.4429585.html
I have no idea what that is, it looks vaguely like some kind of calcium channel blocker but could be anything really. At some stage, this compound has become associated with the CAS number 7063-51-6 on several databases including PubChem and the Chinese supplier lists like guidechem and lookchem. I suspect this is an error and actually that compound has a different CAS number entirely, I doubt CAS would assign the same number to two different compounds (though frequently they assign multiple numbers to a single compound).
I strongly suspect we will see consumers ordering this compound in the belief that it is "methoxyketamine", and suffering adverse drug reactions upon snorting it. If anyone could shed any light on what this compound actually does, and what its correct CAS number might be, this may be very helpful to a lot of people.
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