A patent was filed in the early 1900s by Merck Company for MDMA. One source reports the patent was filed in 1912 while the other reports the patent was filed in 1913 with a patent number of 274.350. When it was patented‚ there was no intended use mentioned in any of my sources. It is reported that MDMA was not ingested until the 1970s. Dr. Alexander Shulgin rediscovered MDMA in the 1970s. No exact year or date was listed. When Dr. Shulgin first discovered the product‚ it was promoted as a therapeutic
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Introduction Some believe that Ecstasy is therapeutic; others take it to capture the feeling of love all around. Many people know it as "the love drug." Ecstasy or in Medical terms‚ MDMA‚ is a drug that has taken control of the lives of so many adults and children as well. This drug has long-term effects that will leave users more ignorant than one started out when one chooses to abuse it. As much as users believe that it does no harm‚ this drug can potentially be very dangerous. It is a synthetic
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RUNNING HEAD: Synthesis of Banana Oil Abstract A reflux apparatus was assembled with a water-cooled condenser and a drying tube. Isopentyl alcohol‚ glacial acid sulfuric acid is added to a 25 milliliter round bottom flask and attached to the reflux apparatus. The mixture was boiled‚ the extracted first using water followed by aqueous sodium bicarbonate. The mixture was dried using anhydrous granular sodium sulfate. After dried‚ the sample was placed in a distillation apparatus and heated. This
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MDMA (Ecstasy) is a human manufactured psychoactive drug for recreational use. It is both a hallucinogen and stimulant because of its effects on the physiological and nervous activity in the body. It was discovered in 1914‚ in Germany at Merck which is a pharmaceutical company. It was originally patented as an appetite suppressant and diet pill‚ but it never marketed as such because of its harmful side effects (Inaba‚ D.‚ & Cohen‚ W.‚ 2014). In 1953‚ it surfaced again when the U.S Army carried out
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MDMA and the effects the drug has on a person Sarah Cedillo Tusculum College MDMA (methylenedioxy-methamphetamine)‚ also known as ecstasy‚ is a synthetic drug that has similarities to both the stimulant amphetamine and the hallucinogen mescaline (Baselt‚ 2011). It causes one to experience feelings of increased energy‚ euphoria‚ emotional warmth and empathy toward others. It also causes distortions in a person’s sensory and time perception (Baselt‚ 2011). MDMA was initially popular
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MDMA assisted Psychotherapy In the past few decades there has been increasingly intensive research done on the effectiveness of the chemical compound MDMA when used in conjuncture with psychotherapy for the treatment of PTSD and other anxiety related mental illnesses‚ and the results are astounding. In a study by MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies)‚ 83% of those tested using MDMA no longer met criteria for PTSD after treatment while only 25% of the placebo group showed
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Abstract 3‚ 4-methylenedioxy-N-methamphetamine (MDMA)‚ otherwise known as “ecstasy” is a “psychedelic amphetamine” that has gained popularity the past twenty years because of the feelings of comfort‚ empathy‚ and connection to others it provides for the user. MDMA is considered an illicit substance in the United States‚ as it is in most other countries. MDMA was first synthesized in the 1890s‚ and it wasn’t until the 1970s and ‘80s that it was used as a psychotherapeutic tool and also started
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Synthesis of Salicylic Acid from Wintergreen Oil Objective – Preparation of salicylic acid (organic synthesis) from methyl salicylate utilizing previously used procedure from the nineteenth century. The final product will then be evaluated in comparison to salicylic acid made from benzene. Discussion – In this synthesis‚ methyl salicylate is the starting material or precursor and salicylic acid is the target product. It is the major constituent of wintergreen oil. The difference in structures
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Synthesis of Aspirin and Oil of Wintergreen Janelle Alyssa P. Prudente De La Salle University-Dasmariñas Dasmariñas City‚ Cavite‚ Philippines ABSTRACT In this experiment‚ acetylsalicylic acid commonly known as aspirin and methyl salicylate‚ commonly known as oil of wintergreen‚ was synthesized from salicylic acid. This study will show that it is possible to show two very different organic compounds from the same common starting material. For the synthesis of aspirin‚ salicylic acid
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Experiment #04: Synthesis of Salicylic Acid from Wintergreen Oil I. Introduction and Purpose Until 1874 commercial salicylic acid was synthesized entirely from natural wintergreen oil. In this experiment the salicylic acid is reproduced using methyl salicylate‚ the major constituent of wintergreen oil and later compared to salicylic acid made from benzene. The purpose of this lab is to determine the difference between salicylic acid made from methyl salicylate and salicylic acid made from benzene
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