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NEET 2019
Exam
NEET
Year
2019
Subject
Zoology
Chapter
Human Health and Diseases

NEET 2019 · Zoology · Human Health and Diseases

Drug called 'Heroin' is synthesized by:

Drug called 'Heroin' is synthesized by:

Options

  1. AMethylation of morphine
  2. BAcetylation of morphine
  3. CGlycosylation of morphine
  4. DNitration of morphine

Correct answer

B. Acetylation of morphine

Step-by-step solution

Heroin, also called diacetylmorphine, is highly addictive morphine derivative. Heroin is made by treating morphine with acetic anhydride; causing acetylation of the two hydroxyl groups of morphine. The resulting substance is four to eight times as potent as morphine. (Morphine is an alkaloid found in opium, which is the dried milky exudate obtained from the unripe seed pods of the poppy plant.)
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