Not to be confused with Methoxetamine.

Methoxyketamine or 2-MeO-2-deschloroketamine is a designer drug of the arylcyclohexylamine class first reported in 1963.[1] It is an analog of ketamine in which the chlorine atom has been replaced with a methoxy group. Its synthesis by rearrangement of an amino ketone has been reported.[2] As an arylcyclohexylamine, methoxyketamine most likely functions as an NMDA receptor antagonist. It produces sedative, hallucinogenic, and (at high doses) anesthetic effects, but with a lower potency than ketamine itself.

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References

  1. ^ BE 634208, Stevens, Calvin L., "Amino ketones", published 1963 
  2. ^ Stevens, Calvin L.; Thuillier, Andre; Taylor, K. Grant; Daniher, Francis A.; Dickerson, James P.; Hanson, Harry T.; Nielsen, Norman A.; Tikotkar, N. A.; Weier, Richard M. (1966). "Amino Ketone Rearrangements. VII.1 Synthesis of 2-Methylamino-2-Substituted Phenylcyclohexanones". The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 31 (8): 2601. doi:10.1021/jo01346a034.