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pentorex
Sign in to savePentorex, also known as phenpentermine or α,β-dimethylamphetamine and sold under the brand name Modatrop, is a stimulant drug of the amphetamine family related to phentermine (α-methylamphetamine) which is used as an anorectic to assist with weight loss. It also acts as a diuretic. Pentorex was developed by Nordmark in the 1960s.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C11H17N
- Molecular weight
- 163.26 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-methyl-3-phenylbutan-2-amine
- SMILES
- CC(C1=CC=CC=C1)C(C)(C)N
- InChIKey
- UMWAUEZOGHNSCH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2.2
- Polar surface area
- 26 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- 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
- 163.136
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- chemical formula
- C₁₁H₁₇N
- canonical SMILES
- CC(C1=CC=CC=C1)C(C)(C)N
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Encyclopedic overview
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Pentorex, also known as phenpentermine or α,β-dimethylamphetamine and sold under the brand name Modatrop, is a stimulant drug of the amphetamine family related to phentermine (α-methylamphetamine) which is used as an anorectic to assist with weight loss. It also acts as a diuretic. Pentorex was developed by Nordmark in the 1960s.
It is a derivative of 2-phenyl-3-aminobutane (β-methylamphetamine).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “pentorex” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.