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Trifluperidol is a typical antipsychotic of the butyrophenone chemical class. It has general properties similar to those of haloperidol, but is considerably more potent by weight, and causes relatively more severe side effects, especially tardive dyskinesia and other extrapyramidal effects. It is used in the treatment of psychoses including mania and schizophrenia. It was discovered at Janssen Pharmaceutica in 1959.

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409.166
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Trifluperidol
chemical formula
C₂₂H₂₃F₄NO₂
canonical SMILES
C1CN(CCC1(C2=CC(=CC=C2)C(F)(F)F)O)CCCC(=O)C3=CC=C(C=C3)F
defined daily dose
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Trifluperidol is a typical antipsychotic of the butyrophenone chemical class. It has general properties similar to those of haloperidol, but is considerably more potent by weight, and causes relatively more severe side effects, especially tardive dyskinesia and other extrapyramidal effects. It is used in the treatment of psychoses including mania and schizophrenia. It was discovered at Janssen Pharmaceutica in 1959.

==Synthesis== [[File:Trifluperidol synthesis.svg|class=skin-invert-image|500px|center|thumb|Thieme Patent (claim 9): Precursor: Sila analogue:]]

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