Skip to content
octamoxin

Structure via PubChem · Public domain (PubChem)

EntityQ604294· pop 10· linked from 477 articles

Also known as 2-octylhydrazine

Octamoxin (trade names Ximaol, Nimaol), also known as 2-octylhydrazine, is an irreversible and nonselective monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) of the hydrazine class that was used as an antidepressant in the 1960s but is now no longer marketed.

Chemical data

Formula
C8H20N2
Molecular weight
144.26 g/mol
IUPAC name
octan-2-ylhydrazine
SMILES
CCCCCCC(C)NN
InChIKey
FODQIVGFADUBKE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP
2.4
Polar surface area
38.1 Ų
H-bond donors
2
H-bond acceptors
2
Formal charge
0

via PubChem

Drug data · ChEMBL

Max clinical phase
Phase 2
Molecule type
Small molecule

via ChEMBL · EBI

Wikidata facts

Mass
144.162649
Has use
medication
Show 3 more facts
canonical SMILES
CCCCCCC(C)NN
chemical formula
C₈H₂₀N₂
Commons category
Octamoxin
Sources (2)

via Wikidata · CC0

~1 min read

Encyclopedic overview

2 sections
Contents
  • See also
  • References

Octamoxin (trade names Ximaol, Nimaol), also known as 2-octylhydrazine, is an irreversible and nonselective monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) of the hydrazine class that was used as an antidepressant in the 1960s but is now no longer marketed.

==See also== Hydrazine (antidepressant)

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “octamoxin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Available in 9 languages

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0