Ethinamate

Ethinamate
Systematic (IUPAC) name
(1-ethynylcyclohexyl)carbamate
Clinical data
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Legal status
Routes of
administration
Oral
Identifiers
CAS Number 126-52-3 YesY
ATC code None
PubChem CID 3284
IUPHAR/BPS 7325
DrugBank DB01031 YesY
ChemSpider 3169 YesY
UNII IAN371PP48 YesY
KEGG D00703 YesY
ChEBI CHEBI:4884 YesY
ChEMBL CHEMBL1576 YesY
Chemical data
Formula C9H13NO2
Molar mass 167.205 g/mol
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Ethinamate (Valamin, Valmid) is a short-acting carbamate-derivative sedative-hypnotic medication used to treat insomnia. Regular use leads to drug tolerance, and it is usually not effective for more than 7 days. Prolonged use can lead to dependency.

Ethinamate has been replaced by other medicines (particularly benzodiazepines), and it is not available in the Netherlands, the United States or Canada.

Chemistry

Ethinamate (1-ethynylcyclohexanone carbamate) is synthesized by combining acetylene with cyclohexanone and then transforming the resulting carbinol into a carbamate by the subsequent reaction with phosgene, and later with ammonia. Some lithium metal or similar is used to make the acetylene react with the cyclohexanone in the first step.[1][2]

References

  1. H. Pfeiffer, K. Junkman, U.S. Patent 2,816,910 (1957)
  2. H. Emde, W. Grimme, DE 1021843 (1953)



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