Hydroxyphenamate

Summary

Hydroxyphenamate or oxyfenamate (trade name Listica) is a sedative and anxiolytic drug of the carbamate class which is no longer marketed in the US. Like other carbamate sedatives, it is chemically related to meprobamate (Miltown). It was introduced to the US market in 1961. The dosage for adults is 200 mg 3 to 4 times daily.[2]

Hydroxyphenamate
Clinical data
Trade namesListica
Legal status
Legal status
Identifiers
  • (2-hydroxy-2-phenylbutyl) carbamate
CAS Number
  • 50-19-1 checkY
PubChem CID
  • 5752
ChemSpider
  • 5549
UNII
  • MD0414799X
KEGG
  • D04476
ChEBI
  • CHEBI:134877
ChEMBL
  • ChEMBL2107215
ECHA InfoCard100.000.016 Edit this at Wikidata
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC11H15NO3
Molar mass209.245 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • Interactive image
  • CCC(COC(=O)N)(C1=CC=CC=C1)O
  • InChI=1S/C11H15NO3/c1-2-11(14,8-15-10(12)13)9-6-4-3-5-7-9/h3-7,14H,2,8H2,1H3,(H2,12,13)
  • Key:WAFIYOULDIWAKR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Synthesis edit

 
Synthesis:[3] Patent (Ex 3):[4]

The reaction of Propiophenone [93-55-0] (1) with cyanide gives 2-hydroxy-2-phenylbutanenitrile CID:13089766 (2). Acid hydrolysis of the nitrile to a carboxylic acid gives 2-hydroxy-2-phenylbutanoic acid [35468-69-0] (3). The reduction by hydride of the acid to the alcohol gives 2-phenyl-1,2-butanediol, CID:13260818 (4).

For the final step in the synthesis, treatment with Ethyl chloroformate followed by addition of aqueous ammonia gave the carbamate, and hence hydroxyphenamate (5).

References edit

  1. ^ Anvisa (2023-03-31). "RDC Nº 784 - Listas de Substâncias Entorpecentes, Psicotrópicas, Precursoras e Outras sob Controle Especial" [Collegiate Board Resolution No. 784 - Lists of Narcotic, Psychotropic, Precursor, and Other Substances under Special Control] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário Oficial da União (published 2023-04-04). Archived from the original on 2023-08-03. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  2. ^ American Medical Association Dept of Drugs (1977). AMA Drug Evaluations (3rd ed.). Littleton, Mass.: Pub. Sciences Group. p. N-61. ISBN 978-0-88416-175-2. OCLC 1024170745.
  3. ^ Lednicer & Mitscher, book 1, page 220.
  4. ^ Robert H Sifferd & Leo D Braitberg, U.S. patent 3,066,164 (1962 to Armour Pharmaceutical Co).