α-pyrrolidinoheptaphenone α-pyrrolidinoheptaphenone α-pyrrolidinoheptaphenone (pv8, α-pep, α-phpp, aphpp, a-phpp) is a designer drug of the pyrrolidinophenone class of cathinones. it is the higher homolog of α-pyrrolidinohexiophenone (α-php). α-pyrrolidinoheptaphenoneclinical dataother namesα-phpp; alpha-phpp; alpha-pyrrolidinoheptiophenone; alpha-pyrrolidinoheptanophenone; pv-8; pv8; aphpp; a-phpplegal statuslegal status ca: schedule i de: npsg (industrial and scientific use only) uk: class b us: schedule i identifiers iupac name 1-phenyl-2-pyrrolidin-1-ylheptan-1-one cas number13415-83-3 13415-55-9 (hcl)2304915-38-4 (r)2304915-72-6 (s)pubchem cid69245534chemspider57379805uniie6220is097chemical and physical dataformulac17h25nomolar mass259.393 g·mol−13d model (jsmol)interactive image smiles cccccc(c(=o)c1=cc=cc=c1)n2cccc2 inchi inchi=1s/c17h25no/c1-2-3-5-12-16(18-13-8-9-14-18)17(19)15-10-6-4-7-11-15/h4,6-7,10-11,16h,2-3,5,8-9,12-14h2,1h3key:dlrwknlmjaifqb-uhfffaoysa-n in the united states, α-pyrrolidinoheptaphenone is a schedule i controlled substance.