diacetylmorphinen.
Chemistry.
An acetyl derivative of morphine, more commonly called heroin n. (Cf. diamorphine n.)
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1875 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 28 315 Isomeric diacetylmorphines.
1884 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 46 613 Morphine dissolves easily in excess of acetic anhydride at 85°, to form diacetylmorphine.
1912 Chem. Abstr. 6 2287 Descriptions and tests are given for diacetylmorphine hydrochloride.
1951 A. Grollman Pharmacol. & Therapeutics iv. 89 In heroin (diacetylmorphine), acetyl (CH3CO−) groups replace H in the OH groups at positions 3 and 6 of morphine.
1965 S. Alstead & J. G. Macarthur Clin. Pharmacol. (ed. 21) xii. 299 Diamorphine hydrochloride (heroin). This is diacetylmorphine and its actions resemble those of morphine.
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