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I'm not sure whether I have asked this question before, if so I apologise.
On Wikipedia I have read that methcathinone in its freebase form is unstable and rapidly converts back to ephedrine from which it was synthesised.
A similar process occurs with cathinone in the leaves of the khat plant, but in that case it is the action of plants enzymes reducing the Keytone group on cathinone into an alcohol group. However I am puzzled as to how this happens with methcathinone. Where would the extra 2 hydrogen atoms hydrogen atoms come from?
At first I thought this could be a mistake on the part of Wikipedia editors, but since a similar process occurs with cathinone and has been mentioned in several sources I think it may be true.
Thanks
On Wikipedia I have read that methcathinone in its freebase form is unstable and rapidly converts back to ephedrine from which it was synthesised.
A similar process occurs with cathinone in the leaves of the khat plant, but in that case it is the action of plants enzymes reducing the Keytone group on cathinone into an alcohol group. However I am puzzled as to how this happens with methcathinone. Where would the extra 2 hydrogen atoms hydrogen atoms come from?
At first I thought this could be a mistake on the part of Wikipedia editors, but since a similar process occurs with cathinone and has been mentioned in several sources I think it may be true.
Thanks