3-Fluoromethcathinone, also known as 3-FMC, is a member of the phenethylamine

Substituted phenethylamine

The substituted phenethylamines are chemical compounds with the 2-phenethylamine chemical structure modified at the phenyl ring, sidechain, and/or amino group. Some of them are psychoactive drugs, including stimulants, psychedelics, opioids, and entactogens, which exert their effects primarily...

, amphetamine

Substituted amphetamine

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, and cathinone

Substituted cathinone

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 chemical classes. It is a stimulant

Stimulant

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 drug

Drug

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 which is reported to be contained in some legal highs. 3-Fluoroisomethcathinone is produced as a by-product when 3-FMC is synthesised, the activity of this compound is unknown.

Effects

This chemical's psychoactive effects are yet to be studied scientifically, however it is suspected to be much like mephedrone, though it is also suspected to lack entactogenic quality.

Legal status

• United States: 3-Fluoromethcathinone is unscheduled in the United States
  Controlled Substances Act
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• United Kingdom: 3-Fluoromethcathinone is now a controlled drug (2010).