nikethamide
Also known as Niquetamida
Nikethamide is a stimulant which mainly affects the respiratory cycle. Widely known by its former trade name of Coramine, it was used in the mid-twentieth century as a medical countermeasure against tranquilizer overdoses, before the advent of endotracheal intubation and positive-pressure lung expansion. It is no longer commonly considered to be of value for such purposes.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C10H14N2O
- Molecular weight
- 178.23 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- N,N-diethylpyridine-3-carboxamide
- SMILES
- CCN(CC)C(=O)C1=CN=CC=C1
- InChIKey
- NCYVXEGFNDZQCU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.3
- Polar surface area
- 33.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Nikethamide is a stimulant which mainly affects the respiratory cycle. Widely known by its former trade name of Coramine, it was used in the mid-twentieth century as a medical countermeasure against tranquilizer overdoses, before the advent of endotracheal intubation and positive-pressure lung expansion. It is no longer commonly considered to be of value for such purposes.
In alternate terminology, it is known as nicotinic acid diethylamide, which meaningfully emphasizes its laboratory origins, and of which its common name is derived as a blend.