Marion Mercier

Preparation and characterization of the ‘research chemical’ diphenidine, its pyrrolidine analogue, and their 2,2‐diphenylethyl isomers

Drug Testing and Analysis July 15, 2014 Jason Wallach, Pierce V. Kavanagh, Gavin McLaughlin et al. 26 citations

Substances with the diphenylethylamine nucleus represent a recent addition to the product catalog of dissociative agents sold as 'research chemicals' on the Internet. Diphenidine, i.e. 1-(1,2-diphenylethyl)piperidine (1,2-DEP), is such an example but detailed analytical data are less abundant. The present study describes the synthesis of diphenidine and its most obvious isomer,...