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Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Molecular Formula C21H25NO4.ClH
Molecular Weight 391.888
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED
Defined Stereocenters 4 / 4
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of NALMEXONE HYDROCHLORIDE

SMILES

Cl.[H][C@@]12OC3=C4C(C[C@H]5N(CC=C(C)C)CC[C@@]14[C@@]5(O)CCC2=O)=CC=C3O

InChI

InChIKey=PJDUKHQNUMOJLL-OPHZJPRHSA-N
InChI=1S/C21H25NO4.ClH/c1-12(2)6-9-22-10-8-20-17-13-3-4-14(23)18(17)26-19(20)15(24)5-7-21(20,25)16(22)11-13;/h3-4,6,16,19,23,25H,5,7-11H2,1-2H3;1H/t16-,19+,20+,21-;/m1./s1

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C21H25NO4
Molecular Weight 355.4275
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 4 / 4
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

Nalmexone is an opioid partial agonist or mixed agonist-antagonist with both analgesic and narcotic antagonist properties. In preclinical models parenteral nalmexone was a moderately active antagonist and therefore might have low abuse potential. At the same time, early work in man indicated analgesic activity in doses above 20 mg.

Approval Year

PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Analgesic and other effects of nalmexone in man.
1972 Jul-Aug
Further evaluation of the discriminative effects of morphine in the rat.
1977 Apr
Discriminative effects of cyclazocine in the squirrel monkey.
1978 May

Sample Use Guides

Doses of 5 mg and 10 mg of morphine were compared with 15 mg and 30 mg of nalmexone in the first study and with 40 mg and 60 mg of nalmexone in the second one. Each patient was given a "round" of 4 medications, a low and high dose of morphine with a low and high dose of nalmexone, to establish and compare doseeffect curves of the 2 drugs. The medications were prepared in identical ampules and administered intramuscularly under random, double-blind conditions.
Route of Administration: Intramuscular
Substance Class Chemical
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Name Type Language
NALMEXONE HYDROCHLORIDE
USAN  
USAN  
Official Name English
4,5α-Epoxy-3,14-dihydroxy-17-(3-methyl-2-butenyl)morphinan-6-one hydrochloride
Systematic Name English
NALMEXONE HYDROCHLORIDE [USAN]
Common Name English
EN-1620A
Code English
NALMEXONE HCL
Common Name English
MORPHINAN-6-ONE, 4,5-EPOXY-3,14-DIHYDROXY-17-(3-METHYL-2-BUTENYL)-, HYDROCHLORIDE, (5.ALPHA.)-
Systematic Name English
Classification Tree Code System Code
NCI_THESAURUS C681
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ChEMBL
CHEMBL2111160
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NCI_THESAURUS
C83979
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PUBCHEM
5489476
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EPA CompTox
DTXSID40168173
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FDA UNII
5R6J4YZX5O
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CAS
16676-27-0
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