8-Chlorotheophylline

8-Chlorotheophylline
Skeletal formula of 8-chlorotheophylline
Space-filling model of the 8-chlorotheophylline molecule
Clinical data
Other names
  • 1,3-Dimethyl-8-chloroxanthine
  • Teoclate
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administration		Oral
ATC code
  • none
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Identifiers
  • 8-chloro-1,3-dimethyl-7H-purine-2,6-dione
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC7H7ClN4O2
Molar mass214.61 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • Cn2c(=O)c1[nH]c(Cl)nc1n(C)c2=O
  • InChI=1S/C7H7ClN4O2/c1-11-4-3(9-6(8)10-4)5(13)12(2)7(11)14/h1-2H3,(H,9,10) checkY
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8-Chlorotheophylline, also known as 1,3-dimethyl-8-chloroxanthine, is a stimulant drug of the xanthine chemical class, with physiological effects similar to caffeine.[1] Its main use is in combination (salt) with diphenhydramine in the antiemetic dimenhydrinate (Dramamine). Diphenhydramine reduces nausea but causes drowsiness, and the stimulant properties of 8-Chlorotheophylline help reduce that side effect.[2]

Despite being classified as a xanthine stimulant, 8-chlorotheophylline can generally not produce any locomotor activity above control in mice and does not appear to cross the blood-brain barrier well.[citation needed]

The 8-chloro modification is not selected for pharmacological properties; instead, it was to raise the acidity of the xanthine amine group enough to form a co-salt with diphenhydramine.[2]

The drug is also sold in combination with promethazine, again as a salt.[3]

  1. ^ Snyder SH, Katims JJ, Annau Z, Bruns RF, Daly JW (May 1981). "Adenosine receptors and behavioral actions of methylxanthines". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 78 (5): 3260–4. Bibcode:1981PNAS...78.3260S. doi:10.1073/pnas.78.5.3260. PMC 319541. PMID 6265942.
  2. ^ a b Cusic JW (3 June 1949). "Note on the Chemistry of Dramamine". Science. 109 (2840): 574. doi:10.1126/science.109.2840.574.a. PMID 17743285. S2CID 239515706.
  3. ^ https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/searchId.do?chebiId=8461 "The anti-emetic action of both the hydrochloride and the teoclate (8-chlorotheophylline) salts is used for the prevention of nausea in cases of motion sickness and post-operative vomiting."