Cocaine is a benzoid acid ester that that was originally used as a local anesthetic, but is no longer used because of its potent addictive qualities. When given in high doses systemically, cocaine …

This review provides a brief overview of cocaine’s prevalence and patterns of use, its physical-chemical properties and methods for analysis, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and …

Cocaine (from French cocaïne, from Spanish coca, ultimately from Quechua kúka) [13] is a tropane alkaloid that acts as a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant. As an extract, it is …

Chemical structure: This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file; Stereoisomers: Pseudococaine; Allococaine

In this review, we consider the story of cocaine from its humble origins in South America to its status as one of the most abused substances in 21 st century society. The synthesis and …

A simplified total synthesis of the single enantiomers of cocaine and racemic cocaine is outlined. The synthesis employs common laboratory glassware, reagents, and methods which can be …

Chemical structure of cocaine. The biosynthesis of cocaine has long attracted the attention of biochemists and organic chemists. This interest is partly motivated by the strong physiological …

5 days ago · cocaine, white crystalline alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant (Erythroxylum coca), a bush commonly found growing wild in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador and …

Cocaine is a molecule made up of C, H, O and N atoms. It is a weak base 1 (the N has 3 bonds) and, in solution, it exists in 2 forms in an equilibrium: the free base 2 and the acid salt (see …

Investigations into the stereochemistry of cocaine resulting from United States laws controlling such drugs are reviewed. Advances in presumptive tests for cocaine are described and some …