Phenmetrazine

Phenmetrazine
Clinical data
Trade namesPreludin, others
Other namesFenmetrazine; Oxazimedrine; Phenmetrazin; 3-Methyl-2-phenylmorpholine; 2-Phenyl-3-methylmorpholine; 3-Methyl-2-phenyltetrahydro-2H-1,4-oxazine; PAL-55; PAL55; Prellies
Routes of
administration
By mouth, Intravenous, Vaporized, Insufflated, Suppository
Drug classNorepinephrine–dopamine releasing agent; Psychostimulant; Appetite suppressant
ATC code
  • None
Legal status
Legal status
  • AU: S8 (Controlled drug)
  • BR: Class A3 (Psychoactive drugs)[1]
  • CA: Schedule IV
  • DE: Anlage II (Authorized trade only, not prescriptible)
  • UK: Class B
  • US: Schedule II
  • UN: Psychotropic Schedule II
  • SE: Förteckning II
Pharmacokinetic data
Elimination half-life8 hours
ExcretionKidney
Identifiers
IUPAC name
  • 3-methyl-2-phenylmorpholine
CAS Number
PubChem CID
DrugBank
ChemSpider
UNII
KEGG
ChEBI
ChEMBL
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
ECHA InfoCard100.004.677
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC11H15NO
Molar mass177.247 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
SMILES
  • CC1C(C2=CC=CC=C2)OCCN1
InChI
  • InChI=1S/C11H15NO/c1-9-11(13-8-7-12-9)10-5-3-2-4-6-10/h2-6,9,11-12H,7-8H2,1H3 Y
  • Key:OOBHFESNSZDWIU-UHFFFAOYSA-N Y
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Phenmetrazine, sold under the brand name Preludin among others, is a stimulant drug first synthesized in 1952 and originally used as an appetite suppressant, but withdrawn from the market in the 1980s due to widespread misuse. It was initially replaced by its analogue phendimetrazine (under the brand name Prelu-2) which functions as a prodrug to phenmetrazine, but now it is rarely prescribed, due to concerns of misuse and addiction. Chemically, phenmetrazine is a substituted amphetamine containing a morpholine ring or a substituted phenylmorpholine.

  1. ^ Anvisa (31 March 2023). "RDC Nº 784 - Listas de Substâncias Entorpecentes, Psicotrópicas, Precursoras e Outras sob Controle Especial" [Collegiate Board Resolution No. 784 - Lists of Narcotic, Psychotropic, Precursor, and Other Substances under Special Control] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário Oficial da União (published 4 April 2023). Archived from the original on 3 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.