Racemoramide

Racemoramide (INN, BAN), or simply moramide, is an opioid analgesic and a racemic mixture of the substances dextromoramide (the active component) and levomoramide (which is inactive), two enantiomers of a chiral molecule.[1]

Racemoramide
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ECHA InfoCard100.008.085
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC25H32N2O2
Molar mass392.543 g·mol−1
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Racemoramide is itself controlled; in the United States it is under Schedule I as a Narcotic with an ACSCN of 9645 and a zero annual aggregate manufacturing quota as of 2014.[2] Its salts are the bitartrate (free base conversion ratio 0.723) and dihydrochloride (0.843)

Moramide intermediate is listed separately as a Schedule II Narcotic controlled substance (ACSCN 9802), also with a zero quota.[3]

References

  1. C. R Ganellin; D. J Triggle; F.. Macdonald (1997). Dictionary of pharmacological agents. CRC Press. p. 1375. ISBN 978-0-412-46630-4. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  2. http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/quotas/conv_factor/index.html
  3. http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/quotas/conv_factor/index.html



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