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benmoxin
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Benmoxin (trade names Neuralex, Nerusil), also known as mebamoxine, is an irreversible and nonselective monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) of the hydrazine class. It was synthesized in 1967 and was subsequently used as an antidepressant in Europe, but is now no longer marketed.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C15H16N2O
- Molecular weight
- 240.3 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- N'-(1-phenylethyl)benzohydrazide
- SMILES
- CC(C1=CC=CC=C1)NNC(=O)C2=CC=CC=C2
- InChIKey
- BEWNZPMDJIGBED-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2.9
- Polar surface area
- 41.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 2
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- 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
- 240.126263
- Has use
- medication
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- chemical formula
- C₁₅H₁₆N₂O
- canonical SMILES
- CC(C1=CC=CC=C1)NNC(=O)C2=CC=CC=C2
- Commons category
- Benmoxin
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Benmoxin (trade names Neuralex, Nerusil), also known as mebamoxine, is an irreversible and nonselective monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) of the hydrazine class. It was synthesized in 1967 and was subsequently used as an antidepressant in Europe, but is now no longer marketed.
== See also == Hydrazine (antidepressant)
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