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piperocaine
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Piperocaine is a local anesthetic drug developed in the 1920s and used as its hydrochloride salt for infiltration and nerve blocks. ==Synthesis== thumb|center|500px|Synthesis: Patent:
Chemical data
- Formula
- C16H23NO2
- Molecular weight
- 261.36 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 3-(2-methylpiperidin-1-yl)propyl benzoate
- SMILES
- CC1CCCCN1CCCOC(=O)C2=CC=CC=C2
- InChIKey
- YQKAVWCGQQXBGW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 3.4
- Polar surface area
- 29.5 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 3
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Max clinical phase
- Phase 2
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 261.173
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- chemical formula
- C₁₆H₂₃NO₂
- canonical SMILES
- CC1CCCCN1CCCOC(=O)C2=CC=CC=C2
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Synthesis
- See also
- References
- Further reading
Piperocaine is a local anesthetic drug developed in the 1920s and used as its hydrochloride salt for infiltration and nerve blocks. ==Synthesis== thumb|center|500px|Synthesis: Patent:
Alkylation between 3-chloropropyl benzoate [942-95-0] (1) and Pipicoline [109-05-7] (2) provides piperocaine (3). ==See also== Hexylcaine
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