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Fipexide (Attentil, Vigilor) is a psychoactive drug of the piperazine chemical class which was developed in Italy in 1983. It was used as a nootropic drug in Italy and France, mainly for the treatment of senile dementia, but is no longer in common use due to the occurrence of rare adverse drug reactions including fever and hepatitis. Fipexide is similar in action to other nootropic drugs such as piracetam and has a few similarities in chemical structure to centrophenoxine. Chemically, it is an amide union of parachlorophenoxyacetate and methylenedioxybenzylpiperazine (MDBZP), and has been show

Chemical data

Formula
C20H21ClN2O4
Molecular weight
388.8 g/mol
IUPAC name
1-[4-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-ylmethyl)piperazin-1-yl]-2-(4-chlorophenoxy)ethanone
SMILES
C1CN(CCN1CC2=CC3=C(C=C2)OCO3)C(=O)COC4=CC=C(C=C4)Cl
InChIKey
BFUJHVVEMMWLHC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP
3.2
Polar surface area
51.2 Ų
H-bond donors
0
H-bond acceptors
5
Formal charge
0

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Drug data · ChEMBL

Withdrawn
Max clinical phase
Approved
Molecule type
Small molecule
Indications
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

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Wikidata facts

Mass
388.119
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chemical formula
C₂₀H₂₁ClN₂O₄
canonical SMILES
C1CN(CCN1CC2=CC3=C(C=C2)OCO3)C(=O)COC4=CC=C(C=C4)Cl
subject has role
nootropic
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Fipexide (Attentil, Vigilor) is a psychoactive drug of the piperazine chemical class which was developed in Italy in 1983. It was used as a nootropic drug in Italy and France, mainly for the treatment of senile dementia, but is no longer in common use due to the occurrence of rare adverse drug reactions including fever and hepatitis. Fipexide is similar in action to other nootropic drugs such as piracetam and has a few similarities in chemical structure to centrophenoxine. Chemically, it is an amide union of parachlorophenoxyacetate and methylenedioxybenzylpiperazine (MDBZP), and has been shown to metabolize to the latter, which plays a significant role in its effects.

==Synthesis== thumb|center|500px|class=skin-invert-image|Synthesis: Patents:

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