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Stereochemistry RACEMIC
Molecular Formula C17H23NO.ClH
Molecular Weight 293.832
Optical Activity ( + / - )
Defined Stereocenters 3 / 3
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of RACEMORPHAN HYDROCHLORIDE

SMILES

Cl.CN1CC[C@]23CCCC[C@H]2[C@H]1CC4=CC=C(O)C=C34

InChI

InChIKey=MKMAMQPDRUXVSS-DYWKTHLTSA-N
InChI=1S/C17H23NO.ClH/c1-18-9-8-17-7-3-2-4-14(17)16(18)10-12-5-6-13(19)11-15(12)17;/h5-6,11,14,16,19H,2-4,7-10H2,1H3;1H/t14-,16+,17+;/m0./s1

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C17H23NO
Molecular Weight 257.3706
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry RACEMIC
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 3 / 3
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED

Molecular Formula ClH
Molecular Weight 36.461
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity NONE

Racemorphan is racemic mixture of an antitussive and dissociative hallucinogen Dextrorphan and an opioid analgesic Levorphanol. Racemorphan itself is under international control per the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961 and is therefore listed as a Schedule II Narcotic controlled substance.

CNS Activity

Curator's Comment: http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10717549309022764

Approval Year

Targets

Targets

Primary TargetPharmacologyConditionPotency
2.3 nM [Ki]
0.13 nM [Ki]
4.2 nM [Ki]
Conditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Cmax

Cmax

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
236 ng/mL
50 mg/kg single, oral
dose: 50 mg/kg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
PROFENAMINE plasma
Rattus norvegicus
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FED
AUC

AUC

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
2685 ng × h/mL
50 mg/kg single, oral
dose: 50 mg/kg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
PROFENAMINE plasma
Rattus norvegicus
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FED
T1/2

T1/2

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
26.1 h
50 mg/kg single, oral
dose: 50 mg/kg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
PROFENAMINE plasma
Rattus norvegicus
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FED
Funbound

Funbound

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
7%
50 mg/kg single, oral
dose: 50 mg/kg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
PROFENAMINE plasma
Rattus norvegicus
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FED
Doses

Doses

DosePopulationAdverse events​
5 mg multiple, subcutaneous
Dose: 5 mg
Route: subcutaneous
Route: multiple
Dose: 5 mg
Sources:
unhealthy, 54 years
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: 54 years
Sex: F
Sources:
Other AEs: Respiratory rate decreased, Respiratory rhythm disorder...
Other AEs:
Respiratory rate decreased
Respiratory rhythm disorder
Corneal reflex decreased
Fixed dilated pupils
Sources:
AEs

AEs

AESignificanceDosePopulation
Corneal reflex decreased
5 mg multiple, subcutaneous
Dose: 5 mg
Route: subcutaneous
Route: multiple
Dose: 5 mg
Sources:
unhealthy, 54 years
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: 54 years
Sex: F
Sources:
Fixed dilated pupils
5 mg multiple, subcutaneous
Dose: 5 mg
Route: subcutaneous
Route: multiple
Dose: 5 mg
Sources:
unhealthy, 54 years
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: 54 years
Sex: F
Sources:
Respiratory rate decreased
5 mg multiple, subcutaneous
Dose: 5 mg
Route: subcutaneous
Route: multiple
Dose: 5 mg
Sources:
unhealthy, 54 years
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: 54 years
Sex: F
Sources:
Respiratory rhythm disorder
5 mg multiple, subcutaneous
Dose: 5 mg
Route: subcutaneous
Route: multiple
Dose: 5 mg
Sources:
unhealthy, 54 years
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: 54 years
Sex: F
Sources:
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Acute pain management in children.
2010-07-15
Preoperative oral dextromethorphan does not reduce pain or morphine consumption after open cholecystectomy.
2010-02
Synthesis and opioid receptor binding affinities of 2-substituted and 3-aminomorphinans: ligands for mu, kappa, and delta opioid receptors.
2010-01-14
Exploration of catalytic properties of CYP2D6 and CYP3A4 through metabolic studies of levorphanol and levallorphan.
2010-01
Chronic pain: levorphanol, methadone, and the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor.
2009-09
Preoperative oral dextromethorphan does not reduce pain or morphine consumption after open cholecystectomy.
2009-07
A retrospective study on the impact of comorbid depression or anxiety on healthcare resource use and costs among diabetic neuropathy patients.
2009-06-30
Somatostatin and opioid receptors do not regulate proliferation or apoptosis of the human multiple myeloma U266 cells.
2009-06-07
Effects of environmental enrichment on sensitivity to mu, kappa, and mixed-action opioids in female rats.
2008-07-05
Challenges in using opioids to treat pain in persons with substance use disorders.
2008-06
An evaluation of the genotoxicity of the antitussive drug Dextromethorphan.
2008-04
Opioid pharmacology.
2008-03
Opiates and elderly: use and side effects.
2008
Levorphanol revisited.
2007-12
Chronic morphine treatment up-regulates mu opioid receptor binding in cells lacking filamin A.
2007-10-26
Morphine reduces local cytokine expression and neutrophil infiltration after incision.
2007-10-02
Current aproach to cancer pain management: Availability and implications of different treatment options.
2007-06
Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of 6,7-indolo/thiazolo-morphinans--further SAR of levorphanol.
2007-05-31
Can levorphanol be used like methadone for intractable refractory pain?
2007-04
High-affinity carbamate analogues of morphinan at opioid receptors.
2007-03-15
Levorphanol: the forgotten opioid.
2007-03
Cholesterol reduction by methyl-beta-cyclodextrin attenuates the delta opioid receptor-mediated signaling in neuronal cells but enhances it in non-neuronal cells.
2007-02-15
Role of atypical opiates in OCD. Experimental approach through the study of 5-HT(2A/C) receptor-mediated behavior.
2007-02
The effect of opiates on the activity of human placental aromatase/CYP19.
2007-01-15
Does purity of supplements count?
2007-01
Chronic exercise decreases sensitivity to mu opioids in female rats: correlation with exercise output.
2006-09
Restless legs syndrome: diagnosis and review of management options.
2006-06
Opioid peptides and receptors in joint tissues: study in the rat.
2006-06
Over-the-counter cold medications-postmortem findings in infants and the relationship to cause of death.
2005-10
Social and environmental influences on opioid sensitivity in rats: importance of an opioid's relative efficacy at the mu-receptor.
2005-08
Analgesic therapy in postherpetic neuralgia: a quantitative systematic review.
2005-07
Discriminative stimulus effects of acute morphine followed by naltrexone in the squirrel monkey: a further characterization.
2005-07
[Fundamentals of modern treatment of myopia].
2005
Antidepressant-like effect of tramadol and its enantiomers in reserpinized mice: comparative study with desipramine, fluvoxamine, venlafaxine and opiates.
2004-09
Comparison of the effects of dextromethorphan, dextrorphan, and levorphanol on the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis.
2004-05
10-Ketomorphinan and 3-substituted-3-desoxymorphinan analogues as mixed kappa and micro opioid ligands: synthesis and biological evaluation of their binding affinity at opioid receptors.
2004-01-01
Differential effects of agonists on adenylyl cyclase superactivation mediated by the kappa opioid receptors: adenylyl cyclase superactivation is independent of agonist-induced phosphorylation, desensitization, internalization, and down-regulation.
2003-12
The competitive N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist (-)-6-phosphonomethyl-deca-hydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid (LY235959) potentiates the antinociceptive effects of opioids that vary in efficacy at the mu-opioid receptor.
2003-11
Sensitivity to the effects of opioids in rats with free access to exercise wheels: mu-opioid tolerance and physical dependence.
2003-08
Opioids ease neuropathic pain, but...
2003-05
Interactions between opioids and cocaine on locomotor activity in rats: influence of an opioid's relative efficacy at the mu receptor.
2003-05
Opioids and chronic neuropathic pain.
2003-03-27
Oral opioid therapy for chronic peripheral and central neuropathic pain.
2003-03-27
Serotonin and norepinephrine uptake inhibiting activity of centrally acting analgesics: structural determinants and role in antinociception.
1995-09
Differential effects of morphinan drugs on haloperidol-induced catalepsy in rats: a comparative study with an N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonist.
1991-03-01
Baclofen-induced catatonia.
1986-12
Effect of prolyl-leucyl-glycinamide and alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone on levorphanol-induced analgesia, tolerance and dependence.
1984-06-25
Relative cataleptic potency of narcotic analgesics, including 3,6-dibutanoylmorphine and 6-monoacetylmorphine.
1984
Prostaglandin hyperalgesia, V: a peripheral analgesic receptor for opiates.
1982-01
Comparison of opioid agonists in maintaining responding and in suppressing morphine withdrawal in rhesus monkeys.
1981
Patents

Sample Use Guides

The usual recommended starting dose of Levorphanol for oral administration is 2 mg.
Route of Administration: Oral
In Vitro Use Guide
Unknown
Substance Class Chemical
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Name Type Language
RACEMORPHAN HYDROCHLORIDE
Common Name English
DL-3-HYDROXY-N-METHYLMORPHINAN HYDROCHLORIDE
Preferred Name English
MORPHINAN, 3-HYDROXY-N-METHYL-, HYDROCHLORIDE
Systematic Name English
MORPHINAN, 3-HYDROXY-N-METHYL-, HYDROCHLORIDE, (±)-
Systematic Name English
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47SM98QQ3P
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CAS
6424-21-1
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