Question

Drug called ‘Heroin’ is synthesized by?
A.Methylation of morphine
B.Acetylation of morphine
C.Glycosylation of morphine
D.Nitration of morphine

Answer 1

Hint: Heroin is a drug that comes from a flower, the opium poppy, which usually grows in Mexico, Asia, and South America.
It’s very addictive and has been illegal in the United States for so long.
 It can look like a white or a brown powder, or a sticky black “tar.”
It’s also called a horse, smack, junk, and brown sugar.

Complete answer:
The treatment of the morphine, at room temperature, with a mixture of the trifluoroacetic anhydride and the acetic acid, affords good yields of the drug called ‘Heroin’.
Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

Additional information:
Heroin is an illegal, highly addictive drug processed from morphine, which is a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seed pod of certain varieties of poppy plants.
It is typically sold as the white or brownish powder that is cut with sugars, starch, powdered milk, or quinine.
Purely heroin is a white powder with a bitter taste that predominantly originated in South America and, to a lesser extent, from Southeast Asia, and dominates the U.S. markets east of the Mississippi River.
Highly pure heroin can be snorted or smoked and may be more appealing to new users because it eliminates the stigma associated with injection drug use.
The "Black tar" heroin is sticky like the roofing tar or hard like coal and is predominantly produced in Mexico and sold in the U.S. areas west of the Mississippi River.
The dark color associated with the black tar heroin results from the crude processing methods that leave behind impurities.
The impure heroin is usually dissolved, diluted, and injected into veins, muscles, or under the skin.

Note:This Heroin drug can block your body from getting pain messages and slows your heart rate and breathing.
If you overdose, you may stop breathing and die.
Many people start using heroin to deal with anxiety, worries, and with other stressors.