Cyprazepam

Cyprazepam is a drug which is a sedative-hypnotic benzodiazepine derivative. It has anxiolytic properties, and presumably also has hypnotic, skeletal muscle relaxant, anticonvulsant and amnestic properties.

==Synthesis== The lactam moiety in benzodiazepams is active towards nucleophiles and numerous analogues have been made by exploiting this fact. thumb|center|500px|Cyprazepam synthesis: For example, heating demoxepam with N-cyclopropylmethylamine leads to amidine formation, the minor tranquilizer cyprazepam.