Before revision: Chemistry Despite the claim made by some urban legends, it is not a cocaine derivative nor analog ; cocaine , however both compounds contain a methyl piperidinylcarboxylate moiety with 2-carbon distance between nitrogen and Carboxylate, methylphenidate containing methyl (piperidin-2-yl)-ethanoate and cocaine containing methyl (piperidin-3-yl)-methanoate.
After revision: Chemistry Despite the claim made by some urban legends, it is not a cocaine derivative nor analog , however both compounds contain a methyl piperidinylcarboxylate moiety with 2-carbon distance between nitrogen and Carboxylate, methylphenidate containing methyl (piperidin-2-yl)-ethanoate and cocaine containing methyl (piperidin-3-yl)-methanoate.