Hey, one source has. Well, better yet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethcathinone http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/ethylcathinone/ethylcathinone_chemistry.shtml Which one is ethcathinone? I'm worried because I just ordered some of it, and I want to make sure what I read about it is one thing and not two different things.
I've never really looked into chemical structures but I think the one @ erowid is wrong. the names ethylcat and ethcat are the same compound but the structure of the one you paid for is the same listed at wiki. I wonder what the one listed at erowid is of if its wrong??
I know right? Thats the kinda thing that will make me put it away for a little while... Erowid is never wrong! :/
They're the same. What part makes you think they're different? CH3 is a methyl group, otherwise drawn just as line ending at a point. So that alpha-methyl group is the same. On Erowid, the ethyl chain is drawn oriented upward, on wiki it's downward, but remember, the actual molecule is 3D not 2D. You've changed nothing by rotating an atom and its bonds. Look at all the different ways the amphetamine side chain is drawn on the net. Look at all the ways ethyl and propyl groups are drawn all across the net. Different people draw the same thing different ways.
Does that not change the isomer though? Shit, I need a class sun. I know a bit, but obviously not enough.
I think I know what you're thinking of. You would need a propyl or longer chain with a double bond somewhere. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cis–trans_isomerism
