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etiracetam
Sign in to saveEtiracetam is a chemical compound belonging to the racetam family, which was developed as a nootropic drug. It is racemic; its biologically active enantiomeric form is levetiracetam, now marketed as an antiepileptic drug.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C8H14N2O2
- Molecular weight
- 170.21 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-(2-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl)butanamide
- SMILES
- CCC(C(=O)N)N1CCCC1=O
- InChIKey
- HPHUVLMMVZITSG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -0.3
- Polar surface area
- 63.4 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- 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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Research
6,666 papers- Levetiracetam.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2018
- Use of Phenytoin, Phenobarbital Carbamazepine, Levetiracetam Lamotrigine and Valproate in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding: Risk of Major Malformations, Dose-dependency, Monotherapy vs Polytherapy, Pharmacokinetics and Clinical Implications.Current neuropharmacology · 2021
- Levetiracetam.American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists · 2001
- Levetiracetam for Seizure Prophylaxis in Neurocritical Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Neurocritical care · 2022
- Levetiracetam-associated pancytopenia.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2023
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 170.106
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- chemical formula
- C₈H₁₄N₂O₂
- canonical SMILES
- CCC(C(=O)N)N1CCCC1=O
- subject has role
- nootropic
- Commons category
- Etiracetam
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Encyclopedic overview
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- References
Etiracetam is a chemical compound belonging to the racetam family, which was developed as a nootropic drug. It is racemic; its biologically active enantiomeric form is levetiracetam, now marketed as an antiepileptic drug.
== See also == Piracetam
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