Benzylbutylbarbiturate
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| Other names | Benzylbutylbarbiturate |
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| Formula | C15H18N2O3 |
| Molar mass | 274.320 g·mol−1 |
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Benzylbutylbarbiturate (5-benzyl-5-n-butylbarbituric acid) is a rare example of a barbiturate designer drug, possibly the only such compound encountered in recent years.
It was confiscated by police in Japan in 2000, and presumably was a product of clandestine manufacture as this compound has never previously been sold as a legal pharmaceutical. As with all designer drugs, this compound was produced in an attempt to circumvent drug laws prohibiting the use of most known barbiturate drugs; however, as the drug laws in many jurisdictions (including Japan) prohibit "any 5,5-disubstituted derivative of barbituric acid", this compound was deemed to be already illegal, despite being a novel compound which had not previously been encountered.[1]
This compound was known from the scientific literature and so was not a new chemical entity.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Ohta H, Suzuki Y, Sugita R, Suzuki S, Ogasawara K (2000). "Confiscation Case Involving a Novel Barbiturate Designer Drug". Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal. 33 (3): 103–110. doi:10.1080/00085030.2000.10757506. S2CID 72601216.
- ^ Alles GA, Ellis CH (April 1947). "Comparative central depressant actions of some 5-phenyl-5-alkyl barbituric acids". The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 89 (4): 356–67. PMID 20295516.
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