N-Isopropylbenzylamine

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N-Isopropylbenzylamine, can be used as an intermediate in the synthesis of pharmaceutical compounds,and as a precursor to the manufacture of some drugs. Due to it’s similarity in appearance and physical properties to methamphetamine, it has been recently come under consideration of DEA.

N-Isopropylbenzylamine was used as ligand in the preparation and characterization of bis(cyclopentadienyl)magnesium. It was also used in the synthesis of N-benzylideneisopropylamine-N-oxide.

N-benzylisopropylamine is synthesized by the reduction reaction of N-isopropylbenzamide or prepared from benzylamine and acetone by reductive amination reaction.

N-isopropylbenzylamine is a structural isomer of methamphetamine, is one of the most common adulterants. It forms amine adducts with magnesocene at ambient temperature in toluene.

The toxicity of N-isopropylbenzylamine was evaluated in SH-SY5Y, PC12, and SN4741 cell lines. Cells were treated with 0.3–10 mM N-isopropylbenzylamine for 24 hours, and cell viability was measured using MTT assay. N-isopropylbenzylamine concentration-dependently reduced cell viability in these cells. The IC50 values of N-isopropylbenzylamine on cell viability were 3.47, 1.49, and 3.21 mM for SH-SY5Y cells, PC12 cells, and SN4741 cells, respectively. N-isopropylbenzylamine produced toxicity in cell lines that model neurons. Moreover, the activation of nNOS and the production of intracellular NO might be involved in N-isopropylbenzylamine-induced toxicity in SN4741 cells[1].

[1] Peng Xu . “N-isopropylbenzylamine, a methamphetamine mimics, produces toxicity via increasing nitric oxide in vitro.” Toxicology 480 (2022): Article 153337.