Mebutamate

Mebutamate
Mebutamate
Systematic (IUPAC) name
2-sec-Butyl-2-methylpropane-1,3-diyl dicarbamate
Clinical data
Pregnancy cat.  ?
Legal status Schedule IV (US)
Identifiers
CAS number 64-55-1 N
ATC code N05BC04
PubChem CID 6151
UNII 5H8F175RER YesY
KEGG D01807 YesY
ChEMBL CHEMBL1200922 N
Chemical data
Formula C10H20N2O4 
Mol. mass 232.277 g/mol
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Mebutamate[1] is a sedative and anxiolytic drug with anti-hypertensive (blood pressure lowering) effects. It has effects comparable to those of barbiturates such as secobarbital, but is only around 1/3 the potency of secobarbital as a sedative. Side effects include dizziness and headaches.[2]

References

  1. ^ The Merck Index (14 ed.). Merck Publishers. 5813. ISBN 978-0-911910-00-1. 
  2. ^ Tetreault, L.; Richer, P.; Bordeleau, J. M. (1967). "Hypnotic properties of mebutamate: A comparative study of mebutamate, secobarbital and placebo in psychiatric patients". Canadian Medical Association journal 97 (8): 395–398. PMC 1923261. PMID 6037393. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1923261.  edit