Hexapropymate

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Hexapropymate
Clinical data
ATC code
Identifiers
  • 1-prop-2-yn-1-ylcyclohexyl carbamate
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ECHA InfoCard100.006.018 Edit this at Wikidata
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC10H15NO2
Molar mass181.235 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • O=C(OC1(CCCCC1)CC#C)N
  • InChI=1S/C10H15NO2/c1-2-6-10(13-9(11)12)7-4-3-5-8-10/h1H,3-8H2,(H2,11,12) ☒N
  • Key:MIRHIEAGDGUXKL-UHFFFAOYSA-N ☒N
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Hexapropymate is a hypnotic/sedative. It has effects similar to those of barbiturates and was used in the 1970s-1980s in the treatment of insomnia before being replaced with newer drugs with improved safety profiles.[1]

References

  1. ^ Gustafsson LL, Berg A, Magnusson A, Malmlund HO, Sandell BM, Stig R (1989). "Hexapropymate self-poisoning causes severe and long-lasting clinical symptoms". Medical Toxicology and Adverse Drug Experience. 4 (4): 295–301. doi:10.1007/bf03259914. PMID 2770531. S2CID 24560026.