Q.

Drug called ‘Heroin’ is synthesised by                     [2019]

1 nitration of morphine  
2 methylation of morphine  
3 acetylation of morphine  
4 glycosylation of morphine  

Ans.

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Heroin (smack) is chemically diacetylmorphine which is white, odourless, bitter crystalline compound. It is obtained by acetylation of morphine, extracted from latex of poppy plant.