Methylecgonine cinnamate is a natural tropane alkaloid found within the coca plant.[1] Its more common name, cinnamoylcocaine, reflects its close structural similarity to cocaine. It is pharmacologically inactive,[2] but some studies funded by anti-drug agencies imply that it is active when smoked.[citation needed] Furthermore, the discovery of differing impurity products yielding methylecgonine cinnamate in confiscated cocaine have led enforcing agencies to postulate that illicit manufacturers have changed their oxidation procedures when refining cocaine from a crude form.[3] Methylecgonine cinnamate can dimerize to the truxillic acid derivative truxilline.[2] Methylecgonine cinnamate is mentioned in patents of active cocaine analogue structures.[4][5]
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References
- ^ Plowman, T.; Rivier, L. (1983). “Cocaine and Cinnamoylcocaine Content of Erythroxylum Species”. Annals of Botany. 51 (5): 641–659. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a086511.
- ^ a b Merck Chemical Index, 1985
- ^ Casale, J. F.; Hays, P. A.; Toske, S. G.; Berrier, A. L. (Jul 2007). “Four new illicit cocaine impurities from the oxidation of crude cocaine base: formation and characterization of the diastereomeric 2,3-dihydroxy-3-phenylpropionylecgonine methyl esters from cis- and trans-cinnamoylcocaine”. J Forensic Sci. 52 (4): 860–6. doi:10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00476.x. PMID 17553089. S2CID 43863333.
- ^ U.S. patent 6,479,509 Patent inventor Frank Ivy Carroll, Assignee: Research Triangle Institute
- ^ U.S. patent US6479509 B1 structures given for submission, 5th compound down in image.
External links
- Isolation of cis-Cinnamoylcocaine from Crude Illicit Cocaine via Alumina Column Chromatography D.E.A. Microgram Vol 4 Number 14.
- Rubio, Nelida Cristina; Hastedt, Martin; Gonzalez, Jorge; Pragst, Fritz (2015). “Possibilities for discrimination between chewing of coca leaves and abuse of cocaine by hair analysis including hygrine, cuscohygrine, cinnamoylcocaine and cocaine metabolite/cocaine ratios”. International Journal of Legal Medicine. 129 (1): 69–84. doi:10.1007/s00414-014-1061-6. PMID 25138383. S2CID 20712368.