title: 1-phenylethylamines: a new series of illicit drugs?
abstract: Since 1993 many seizures of 1-phenylethylamine have been made in several European countries. It was originally thought that 1-phenylethylamine had been made in error, but later information suggested that it had been prepared deliberately. The related compounds, 1-amino-1-(4-methylphenyl)ethane and 1-methylamino-1-phenylethane and the 1-propanamine isomer of 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine, have also occurred in isolated cases. Analytical data are presented on these amines as well as a number of Leuckart impurities in 1-phenylethylamine. The pharmacological effects of these substances are largely unknown.
authors.affiliation: Drugs Intelligence Laboratory, Forensic Science Service, Aldermaston, Reading, UK.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Poortman-van der Meer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huizer
mesh_terms: D015198:Designer Drugs / Q000737:chemistry*; D005060:Europe; D010627:Phenethylamines / Q000737:chemistry*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders
chemical_list: D015198:Designer Drugs; D010627:Phenethylamines