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Also known as Mepindololum

Mepindolol (Betagon) is a non-selective beta blocker. It is used to treat glaucoma. ==Synthesis== upright=2 The first reported synthesis of mepindolol in 1971 used 4-hydroxy-2-methylindole {9) with epichlorohydrin and then isopropylamine to add the sidechain which was known to produce beta blockers, by analogy with drugs discovered by Imperial Chemical Industries, such as propanolol. The requisite intermediate was synthesized in a multi-step procedure from 4-benzyloxyindole-2-carboxylic acid (1) which was converted into (9) by conventional chemistry.

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Mass
262.168
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canonical SMILES
CC1=CC2=C(N1)C=CC=C2OCC(CNC(C)C)O
chemical formula
C₁₅H₂₂N₂O₂
subject has role
beta blocker
Commons category
Mepindolol
defined daily dose
5
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Mepindolol (Betagon) is a non-selective beta blocker. It is used to treat glaucoma. ==Synthesis== upright=2 The first reported synthesis of mepindolol in 1971 used 4-hydroxy-2-methylindole {9) with epichlorohydrin and then isopropylamine to add the sidechain which was known to produce beta blockers, by analogy with drugs discovered by Imperial Chemical Industries, such as propanolol. The requisite intermediate was synthesized in a multi-step procedure from 4-benzyloxyindole-2-carboxylic acid (1) which was converted into (9) by conventional chemistry.

== See also == Pindolol Bopindolol

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