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Also known as Sufenta®, sufentanil citrate, N-(4-(Methoxymethyl)-1-(2-(2-thienyl)ethyl)-4-piperidyl)propionanilide, N-(4-(Methoxymethyl)-1-(2-(2-thienyl)ethyl)-4-piperidinyl)-N-phenylpropanamide, Sufentanyl, Sufentanilo, Sufentanilum

Sufentanil, sold under the brand names Sufenta among others, is a synthetic opioid analgesic drug approximately 5 to 10 times as potent as its parent drug, fentanyl, and 500 to 1,000 times as potent as morphine. Structurally, sufentanil differs from fentanyl through the addition of a methoxymethyl group on the piperidine ring (which increases potency but is believed to reduce duration of action), and the replacement of the phenyl ring by thiophene. Sufentanil first was synthesized at Janssen Pharmaceutica in 1974.

Chemical data

Formula
C22H30N2O2S
Molecular weight
386.6 g/mol
IUPAC name
N-[4-(methoxymethyl)-1-(2-thiophen-2-ylethyl)piperidin-4-yl]-N-phenylpropanamide
SMILES
CCC(=O)N(C1=CC=CC=C1)C2(CCN(CC2)CCC3=CC=CS3)COC
InChIKey
GGCSSNBKKAUURC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP
4
Polar surface area
61 Ų
H-bond donors
0
H-bond acceptors
4
Formal charge
0

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Wikidata facts

Mass
386.202799
Has use
medication
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chemical formula
C₂₂H₃₀N₂O₂S
medical condition treated
pain
Commons category
Sufentanil
canonical SMILES
CCC(=O)N(C1=CC=CC=C1)C2(CCN(CC2)CCC3=CC=CS3)COC
legal status (medicine)
boxed warning
World Health Organisation international non-proprietary name
sufentanil
significant drug interaction
primidone
stylized name
SUFentanil
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Veterinary use
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Sufentanil, sold under the brand names Sufenta among others, is a synthetic opioid analgesic drug approximately 5 to 10 times as potent as its parent drug, fentanyl, and 500 to 1,000 times as potent as morphine. Structurally, sufentanil differs from fentanyl through the addition of a methoxymethyl group on the piperidine ring (which increases potency but is believed to reduce duration of action), and the replacement of the phenyl ring by thiophene. Sufentanil first was synthesized at Janssen Pharmaceutica in 1974.

==Medical uses== Sufentanil offers properties of sedation and can be used as analgesic component of anesthetic regimen during an operation.

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