Synthesis and in vitro toxicity of 4-MTA, its characteristic clandestine synthesis byproducts and related sulfur substituted α-alkylthioamphetamines

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2010.04.022

4-Methylthioamphetamine (4-MTA) is recognised as a 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-like drug of abuse. Such amphetamine-type drugs often contain byproducts of uncontrolled, illegal clandestine synthetic processes. We report the isolation and stru