alphacetylmethadol
Sign in to saveAlphacetylmethadol (INN), or α-acetylmethadol (AAM), is a synthetic opioid analgesic. Its levorotary enantiomer, levacetylmethadol, is an FDA-approved treatment for opioid addiction; however as of 2003 it is no longer used in the United States for this purpose. Alphacetylmethadol is very similar in structure to methadone, a widely prescribed treatment for opioid addiction. In the United States, it is a Schedule I controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act (presumably because it was never marketed in the US, as is the case with other common opiate/opioid medications such as heroin
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- Subclass of
- methadyl acetate
- Mass
- 353.235479
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- chemical formula
- C₂₃H₃₁NO₂
- isomeric SMILES
- CC[C@H](C(C[C@@H](C)N(C)C)(C1=CC=CC=C1)C2=CC=CC=C2)OC(=O)C
- canonical SMILES
- CCC(C(CC(C)N(C)C)(C1=CC=CC=C1)C2=CC=CC=C2)OC(=O)C
- stereoisomer of
- levomethadyl acetate
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Alphacetylmethadol (INN), or α-acetylmethadol (AAM), is a synthetic opioid analgesic. Its levorotary enantiomer, levacetylmethadol, is an FDA-approved treatment for opioid addiction; however as of 2003 it is no longer used in the United States for this purpose. Alphacetylmethadol is very similar in structure to methadone, a widely prescribed treatment for opioid addiction. In the United States, it is a Schedule I controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act (presumably because it was never marketed in the US, as is the case with other common opiate/opioid medications such as heroin and prodine), with an ACSCN of 9603 and a 2013 annual manufacturing quota of 2 grammes.
== See also == Levacetylmethadol Acetylmethadol Betacetylmethadol Alphamethadol
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