It’s an N-methyl group (one extra carbon attached to the nitrogen).
Love, your friendly neighborhood chemistry prof
Just to add some actual useful knowledge, amphetamines are a subset of psychoactive compounds called “phenethylamines,” the effects of nearly all of which get more potent when you add a methyl group onto the nitrogen (often times as much as 10x more powerful, IIRC).
Listen I found something that actually works… it’s called meth.
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It’s an N-methyl group (one extra carbon attached to the nitrogen).
Love, your friendly neighborhood chemistry prof
Just to add some actual useful knowledge, amphetamines are a subset of psychoactive compounds called “phenethylamines,” the effects of nearly all of which get more potent when you add a methyl group onto the nitrogen (often times as much as 10x more powerful, IIRC).