Drug Enforcement Administration/Lists

List I

List I chemicals are considered to have high risk of diversion to illicit drug manufacturing.

1. Anthranilic acid, its esters, and its salts
2. Benzyl cyanide
3. Ephedrine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of optical isomers
4. Ergonovine and its salts
5. Ergotamine and its salts
6. N-Acetylanthranilic acid, its esters, and its salts
7. Norpseudoephedrine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of optical isomers
8. Phenylacetic acid, its esters, and its salts
9. Phenylpropanolamine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of optical isomers
10. Piperidine and its salts
11. Pseudoephedrine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of optical isomers
12. 3,4-Methylenedioxyphenyl-2-propanone
13. Methylamine and its salts
14. Ethylamine and its salts
15. Propionic anhydride
16. Isosafrole
17. Safrole
18. Piperonal
19. N-Methylephedrine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of optical isomers (N-Methylephedrine)
20. N-Methylpseudoephedrine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of optical isomers
21. Hydriodic Acid
22. Benzaldehyde
23. Nitroethane
24. Gamma-Butyrolactone (Other names include: GBL; Dihydro-2 (3H)-furanone; 1,2-Butanolide; 1,4-Butanolide; 4-Hydroxybutanoic acid lactone; gamma-hydroxybutyric acid lactone)
25. Red Phosphorus
26. White phosphorus (Other names: Yellow Phosphorus)
27. Hypophosphorous acid and its salts (including ammonium hypophosphite, calcium hypophosphite, iron hypophosphite, potassium hypophosphite, manganese hypophosphite, magnesium hypophosphite and sodium hypophosphite
28. N-phenethyl-4-piperidone (NPP)
29. Iodine

List II chemicals

Chemicals in this group have a lower potential for misuse.

1. Acetic anhydride
2. Acetone
3. Benzyl chloride
4. Ethyl ether
5. Potassium permanganate
6. 2-Butanone (or Methyl Ethyl Ketone or MEK)
7. Toluene
8. Hydrochloric acid (including anhydrous hydrogen chloride)
9. Sulfuric acid
10. Methyl Isobutyl Ketone (MIBK)
11. Sodium Permanganate