furethidine
Sign in to saveFurethidine is a 4-phenylpiperidine derivative that is related to the clinically used opioid analgesic drug pethidine (meperidine), but with around 25x higher potency. According to another source, Furethidine is 500/30 = 16.7 x the potency of pethidine (table VII).
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- 361.225308
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- chemical formula
- C₂₁H₃₁NO₄
- canonical SMILES
- CCOC(=O)C1(CCN(CC1)CCOCC2CCCO2)C3=CC=CC=C3
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Furethidine is a 4-phenylpiperidine derivative that is related to the clinically used opioid analgesic drug pethidine (meperidine), but with around 25x higher potency. According to another source, Furethidine is 500/30 = 16.7 x the potency of pethidine (table VII).
Furethidine is not currently used in medicine and is a Class A/Schedule I drug which is controlled under UN drug conventions. It has similar effects to other opioid derivatives, such as analgesia, sedation, nausea and respiratory depression. In the United States it is a Schedule I Narcotic controlled substance with the ACSCN of 9626.