2,4-Dinitrophenylmorphine
Encyclopedia
2,4-Dinitrophenylmorphine is an analog of morphine
in which a hydroxyl group is substituted with a dinitro
phenyl group.
/opioid.
Morphine
Morphine is a potent opiate analgesic medication and is considered to be the prototypical opioid. It was first isolated in 1804 by Friedrich Sertürner, first distributed by same in 1817, and first commercially sold by Merck in 1827, which at the time was a single small chemists' shop. It was more...
in which a hydroxyl group is substituted with a dinitro
Nitro compound
Nitro compounds are organic compounds that contain one or more nitro functional groups . They are often highly explosive, especially when the compound contains more than one nitro group and is impure. The nitro group is one of the most common explosophores used globally...
phenyl group.
Properties
Being an analog of morphine, it would be expected to have the same effects on the body as a typical opiateOpiate
In medicine, the term opiate describes any of the narcotic opioid alkaloids found as natural products in the opium poppy plant.-Overview:Opiates are so named because they are constituents or derivatives of constituents found in opium, which is processed from the latex sap of the opium poppy,...
/opioid.