Question

Heroin is chemically known as which compound?

विकल्प

• Morphine alkaloid

• Poppy alkaloid derivative

• Diacetylmorphine

• Acetylated dopamine

Answer 1

Heroin is chemically identified as diacetylmorphine, a white, odourless, bitter crystalline compound. This is the accurate chemical nomenclature for heroin, obtained through acetylation of morphine extracted from the latex of Papaver somniferum.