AMINOREX

Details

Stereochemistry	RACEMIC
Molecular Formula	C9H10N2O
Molecular Weight	162.1885
Optical Activity	( + / - )
Defined Stereocenters	0 / 1
E/Z Centers	0
Charge	0

SHOW SMILES / InChI

Structure Search

SMILES

NC1=NCC(O1)C2=CC=CC=C2

InChI

InChIKey=SYAKTDIEAPMBAL-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI=1S/C9H10N2O/c10-9-11-6-8(12-9)7-4-2-1-3-5-7/h1-5,8H,6H2,(H2,10,11)

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula	C9H10N2O
Molecular Weight	162.1885
Charge	0
Count

Stereochemistry	RACEMIC
Additional Stereochemistry	No
Defined Stereocenters	0 / 1
E/Z Centers	0
Optical Activity	( + / - )

Description
Sources: https://thorax.bmj.com/content/26/3/262.abstract | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24296074 | https://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/a?dbs+hsdb:@term+@DOCNO+7596

Aminorex is an anorectic stimulant drug. Aminorex inhibits norepinephrine and dopamine transporters with IC50 of 0.33 and 0.85 uM. It was briefly available as an appetite suppressant in the 1960s in Switzerland, Germany, and Austria, but was found to cause pronounced vasoconstriction in the pulmonary vasculature, and was withdrawn from the market in 1972 due to several cases of fatal and life-threatening pulmonary hypertension. In the USA aminorex is an illegal schedule I drug.

Approval Year

PubMed

Title	Date	PubMed
[A case of chronic pulmonary hypertension after fenfluramine intake].	1982 Nov 26	7164466
Pulmonary hypertension and dexfenfluramine.	1995	7621854
Aminorex, dexfenfluramine, and primary pulmonary hypertension.	1998 Apr	9539893
Monoclonal endothelial cells in appetite suppressant-associated pulmonary hypertension.	1998 Dec	9847298
[Development of pulmonary hypertension and multi-valvular damage caused by appetite depressants].	1998 Dec 1	10911459
Two different drug-induced pulmonary complications in a patient suffering from rheumatoid arthritis.	1998 May	9651097
[Obesity: principles of drug therapy].	2000 Aug	11026090
[Anorectics and pulmonary hypertension].	2000 Feb 16	10838744
Risk factors for pulmonary arterial hypertension.	2001 Sep	11590841
[Pulmonary hypertension and obesity].	2002 Apr	12082449
Appetite suppressants as agonist substitution therapies for stimulant dependence.	2002 Jun	12105089
Noradrenergic modulation of ephedrine-induced hypophagia.	2003 Apr	12557268
A century of pulmonary hemodynamics.	2004 Jul 15	15242851
Effects on weight reduction and safety of short-term phentermine administration in Korean obese people.	2006 Oct 31	17066505
Temporal trends and drug exposures in pulmonary hypertension: an American experience.	2006 Sep	16923424
Converging evidence in support of the serotonin hypothesis of dexfenfluramine-induced pulmonary hypertension with novel transgenic mice.	2008 Jun 3	18506000
Pharmacokinetics and effects of aminorex in horses.	2008 May	18447801
Pulmonary hypertension: therapeutic targets within the serotonin system.	2008 Oct	18536742
The formation of aminorex in racehorses following levamisole administration. A quantitative and chiral analysis following synthetic aminorex or levamisole administration vs. aminorex-positive samples from the field: a preliminary report.	2009 Apr	19290946
Aminorex and rexamino as metabolites of levamisole in the horse.	2009 Apr 6	19298880
Review paper: Current strategies in the development of anti-obesity drugs and their safety concerns.	2009 Jan	19112110
The serotonin hypothesis of pulmonary hypertension revisited.	2010	20204739
Pulmonary hypertension associated with use of phentermine.	2010 Nov	20879069
Levamisole: a dangerous new cocaine adulterant.	2010 Sep	20668440

Substance Class	Chemical Created by `admin` on `Mon Mar 31 18:16:35 GMT 2025` Edited by `admin` on `Mon Mar 31 18:16:35 GMT 2025`
Record UNII	2SH16612I9
Record Status	`Validated (UNII)`
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Name

Type

Language

APIQUEL

Preferred Name

English

AMINOREX

Official Name

English

AMINOREX [MI]

Common Name

English

aminorex [INN]

Common Name

English

(±)-2-AMINO-5-PHENYL-2-OXAZOLINE

Systematic Name

English

2-Amino-5-phenyl-2-oxazoline

Systematic Name

English

MCN-742

Code

English

AMINOREX [HSDB]

Common Name

English

NSC-66952

Code

English

2-OXAZOLAMINE, 4,5-DIHYDRO-5-PHENYL-

Systematic Name

English

Aminorex [WHO-DD]

Common Name

English

AMINOREX [MART.]

Common Name

English

AMINOREX [USAN]

Common Name

English

Classification Tree Code System Code

DEA NO.

1585