Topic: Adolescence, drug, alcohol and tobacco abuse· Biology and Human Welfare

Drug called 'Heroin' is synthesized by :

1. methylation of morphine

2. acetylation of morphine

3. glycosylation of morphine

4. nitration of morphine

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Answer: 2. acetylation of morphine

Key idea: Heroin (diacetylmorphine, smack) is made by acetylation of morphine.

Morphine is extracted from the latex of the opium poppy Papaver somniferum; adding acetyl groups gives heroin, a depressant that slows body functions.

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