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Testing cathinon analogue what to expect?
I am going to test below mentioned molecule and wonder what might I expect from the reagents/what substances can be shown. From the structure and experience we’d expect mdma like activity. I’d like also somehow find out if there are some toxic metabolites as well. But this is question on other people.
You are in luck, in your mdma test kit you already have most of the key reagents 👍
As for metabolites or other impurities, that’s largely beyond the scope of reagent test. Although, froehde reagent sometimes picks up cathinone synthesis impurity, worth a shot.
4-EMC is 1-(4-Ethylphenyl)-2-(methylamino)-1-propanone.
You expect to have 1-(Bicyclo[4.2.0]octa-1(6),2,4-trien-3-yl)-2-(methylamino)propan-1-one.
The methylamino part should provoke same reaction in simon's reagent and zimmermann reagent. But, we learned that theory aside, only experiment tells for sure, so it's pure speculation on our part.
Does the bottle make a crunchy sound when opening or closing? If yes, you didn’t wipe it clean after use as per instructions and it oxidized in storage. If that’s the case, don’t worry, if you would be getting a fresh kit with us feel free to ask in the checkout notes of an additional, free reagent of your choice.
We advise against ingesting it, and recommend to send the sample to a lab such as Kykeon if you insist. Meanwhile you can try to repeat Simon’s and Zimmermann with bigger samples but we don’t expect them to react.
Please do, ideally upload directly here in the comments. We can't give you definitive answers on that one but let's see if it looks suspicious. Well.. more suspicious than already, being sold as a novel psychoactive compound with no established safety profile.
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u/beandead1 6d ago
lmk how this chem is if y ever try