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Cocaine (from French cocaïne, from Spanish coca, ultimately from Quechua kúka) [13] is a tropane alkaloid that acts as a central nervous system stimulant. As an extract, it is mainly used recreationally and often illegally for its euphoric and rewarding effects.
The mixture separates into two layers, the top solvent layer containing the dissolved cocaine. The solvent is then evaporated leaving almost pure cocaine crystals, white and crumbly like feta cheese. Alternatively, the free base can be obtained using an organic chemistry technique called trituration.
This page provides supplementary chemical data on Cocaine in free base form. More commonly available "powder cocaine" is a hydrochloride salt whose properties will ...
It is a primary metabolite of cocaine, [1] and is pharmacologically inactive. [2] It is the corresponding carboxylic acid of cocaine, its methyl ester. It is formed in the liver by the metabolism of cocaine by hydrolysis, catalysed by carboxylesterases, and subsequently excreted in the urine. It is readily synthesised by boiling cocaine ...
The formula C 17 H 21 NO 4 may refer to: Cocaine; Cocaine reverse ester; Fenoterol; Hydromorphinol; Hyoscine (scopolamine) Oxymorphol
A cocaine analogue is an (usually) artificial construct of a novel chemical compound from (often the starting point of natural) cocaine's molecular structure, with the result product sufficiently similar to cocaine to display similarity in, but alteration to, its chemical function.
The structure of cocaine was discovered by Richard Willstätter in 1898 after he synthesized it from 2-carbomethoxytropinone. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Although it was originally believed that 2-CMT in nature was ultimately derived from ornithine and acetic acid , [ 5 ] subsequent research has indicated other pathways exist for the biosynthesis of 2-CMT.
Cobalt(II) thiocyanate is an inorganic compound with the formula Co(SCN) 2. [1] The anhydrous compound is a coordination polymer with a layered structure. The trihydrate, Co(SCN) 2 (H 2 O) 3, is a isothiocyanate complex used in the cobalt thiocyanate test (or Scott test) for detecting cocaine. The test has been responsible for widespread false ...