Putylone Explained

Putylone (also known as β-keto-1,3-benzodioxolyl-N-propyldioxybutanamine, bk-PBDB, and N-propylbutylone) is a stimulant and empathogen compound detected in 2023,^[1] around the time of a ban on the related compound eutylone.

Legal status

The specific legal status of putylone has not yet been addressed by any agency or government.

Putylone is likely considered illegal in jurisdictions where similar analogues or psychoactive substances bans are in place, such as in the US, UK, and Ireland.

See also

• 5-Methylethylone
• Butylone
• Ethyl-J
• Ethylone
• Ephylone
• Eutylone
• N-Ethylhexedrone
• N-Ethylhexylone
• N-Ethylheptylone

Notes and References

1. Dixon DI, Millea MF, Wilcock AT, Costello A, Ellison JR, Lord S, O'Brian KA, Mewis RE, Sutcliffe OB . September 2023 . Synthesis, characterisation and quantification of the new psychoactive substance 1-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-2-(propylamino)butan-1-one (bk-PBDB, putylone) . Forensic Chemistry . 35 . 100523 . 10.1016/j.forc.2023.100523 . 260833005 . 2468-1709. free .