New phenethylamines in Europe.
Drug testing and analysis January 1, 2014 L A King 81 citations
By 2013, nearly 100 illicit phenethylamines had been found in the European Union. Of these, nine were submitted for risk assessment by the EMCDDA, and all except MBDB were recommended for EU-wide control. The most commonly reported new phenethylamine was 2C-B, though other 2C compounds were widespread. Recent years have seen a rapid rise of phenethylamines with bulky N-substituents, such as 25I-NBOMe, and the appearance of fused ring variants like benzofurans and indanylalkylamines. Thiophene bioisosteres of amphetamine and conformationally-restricted variants have also been detected in drug seizures.