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4-benzylpiperidine
Sign in to save4-Benzylpiperidine is a drug and research chemical used in scientific studies. It has been encountered as a designer drug.
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Vinony files it under 4-Piperidinyl compounds, Arylalkylamines and Chemical pages without DrugBank identifier.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C12H17N
- Molecular weight
- 175.27 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 4-benzylpiperidine
- SMILES
- C1CNCCC1CC2=CC=CC=C2
- InChIKey
- ABGXADJDTPFFSZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2.5
- Polar surface area
- 12 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 175.136
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- chemical formula
- C₁₂H₁₇N
- canonical SMILES
- C1CNCCC1CC2=CC=CC=C2
- melting point
- 7.0
- Commons category
- 4-Benzylpiperidine
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Pharmacology
- Synthesis
- Applications
- See also
- References
4-Benzylpiperidine is a drug and research chemical used in scientific studies. It has been encountered as a designer drug.
==Pharmacology== 4-Benzylpiperidine acts as a monoamine releasing agent with 20- to 48-fold selectivity for releasing dopamine versus serotonin. It is most efficacious as a releaser of norepinephrine, with an EC50 of 109nM (DA), 41.4nM (NE), and 5,246nM (5-HT).
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