Stereochemistry | ACHIRAL |
Molecular Formula | C17H16N2O |
Molecular Weight | 264.3217 |
Optical Activity | NONE |
Defined Stereocenters | 0 / 0 |
E/Z Centers | 0 |
Charge | 0 |
SHOW SMILES / InChI
SMILES
CCC1=CC=CC=C1N2C(C)=NC3=CC=CC=C3C2=O
InChI
InChIKey=UVTJKLLUVOTSOB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI=1S/C17H16N2O/c1-3-13-8-4-7-11-16(13)19-12(2)18-15-10-6-5-9-14(15)17(19)20/h4-11H,3H2,1-2H3
Etaqualone (Aolan, Athinazone) is an analog of the hypnotic methaqualone, a non-barbiturate sedative it was developed and marked in France. Etaqualone possesses sedative and hypnotic properties and was used to treat insomnia resulting from its agonist activity at the β subtype of the GABAa receptor.