ethylone ethylone ethylone, also known as 3,4-methylenedioxy-n-ethylcathinone (mdec, βk-mdea), is a recreational designer drug classified as an entactogen, stimulant, and psychedelic of the phenethylamine, amphetamine, and cathinone chemical classes. it is the β-keto analogue of mdea ("eve"). ethylone has only a short history of human use and is reported to be less potent than its relative methylone. in the united states, it began to be found in cathinone products in late 2011. ethyloneclinical datapregnancycategory n (us) routes ofadministrationoral, nasal, ivlegal statuslegal status de: anlage i (authorized scientific use only) uk: class b identifiers iupac name (rs)-1-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-2-(ethylamino)propan-1-one cas number1112937-64-0 npubchem cid57252245chemspider21106271 nuniil91c78fw96comptox dashboard (epa)dtxsid20894842 chemical and physical dataformulac12h15no3molar mass221.256 g·mol−13d model (jsmol)interactive imagechiralityracemic mixture smiles cc(ncc)c(=o)c1ccc2ococ2c1 inchi inchi=1s/c12h15no3/c1-3-13-8(2)12(14)9-4-5-10-11(6-9)16-7-15-10/h4-6,8,13h,3,7h2,1-2h3 nkey:mjemioxxnczzfk-uhfffaoysa-n n ny (what is this?) (verify) very little data exists about the pharmacological properties, metabolism, and toxicity of ethylone, and although several ethylone-related deaths have been reported, the cause of death was not due to ingestion of ethylone. pharmacokinetics analysis of human and rat urine for the metabolites of bk-amphetamines suggested that ethylone was degraded in the following metabolic steps: n-deethylation to the primary amine. reduction of the keto moiety to the respective alcohol. legal status as of october 2015 ethylone is a controlled substance in china.