Norfenfluramine

Summary

Norfenfluramine, or 3-trifluoromethylamphetamine, is a never-marketed drug of the amphetamine family that behaves as a serotonin and norepinephrine releasing agent and potent 5-HT2A, 5-HT2B, and 5-HT2C agonist. The action of norfenfluramine on 5-HT2B receptors on heart valves leads to a characteristic pattern of heart failure following proliferation of cardiac fibroblasts on the tricuspid valve, known as cardiac fibrosis.[1] This side effect led to the withdrawal of fenfluramine as an anorectic agent worldwide, and to the withdrawal of benfluorex in Europe,[2] as both fenfluramine and benfluorex form norfenfluramine as an active metabolite. It is a human TAAR1 agonist.[3]

Norfenfluramine
Ball-and-stick model of the norfenfluramine molecule
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
1-[3-(Trifluoromethyl)phenyl]propan-2-amine
Other names
3-Trifluoromethylamphetamine
Identifiers
  • 19036-73-8 checkY
3D model (JSmol)
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ChemSpider
  • 15108 checkY
  • 215
  • 15897
UNII
  • CLX07A6ZIY checkY
  • DTXSID60904717 Edit this at Wikidata
  • InChI=1S/C10H12F3N/c1-7(14)5-8-3-2-4-9(6-8)10(11,12)13/h2-4,6-7H,5,14H2,1H3 checkY
    Key: MLBHFBKZUPLWBD-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
  • InChI=1/C10H12F3N/c1-7(14)5-8-3-2-4-9(6-8)10(11,12)13/h2-4,6-7H,5,14H2,1H3
    Key: MLBHFBKZUPLWBD-UHFFFAOYAR
  • FC(F)(F)c1cccc(c1)CC(N)C
Properties
C10H12F3N
Molar mass 203.208 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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References edit

  1. ^ Setola, V.; Dukat, M.; Glennon, R. A.; Roth, B. L. (2005). "Molecular Determinants for the Interaction of the Valvulopathic Anorexigen Norfenfluramine with the 5-HT2B Receptor" (PDF). Molecular Pharmacology. 68 (1): 20–33. doi:10.1124/mol.104.009266. PMID 15831837. S2CID 30906680.
  2. ^ "European Medicines Agency recommends withdrawal of benfluorex from the market in European Union" (PDF). European Medicines Agency. 2009-12-18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-22.
  3. ^ Lewin AH, Miller GM, Gilmour B (December 2011). "Trace amine-associated receptor 1 is a stereoselective binding site for compounds in the amphetamine class". Bioorg. Med. Chem. 19 (23): 7044–8. doi:10.1016/j.bmc.2011.10.007. PMC 3236098. PMID 22037049.