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NEET 2019, Biology Q52: Drugs and Alcohol Abuse

NEET2019Paper 2019Biology
Q.

Drug called ‘Heroin’ is synthesized by

  1. A

    methylation of morphine

  2. B

    acetylation of morphine

  3. C

    glycosylation of morphine

  4. D

    nitration of morphine

Solution

Heroin, commonly called smack and is chemically diacetylmorphine which is synthesized by acetylation of morphine.

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