Clominorex

Clominorex
Skeletal formula
Space-filling model of clominorex
Clinical data
ATC code
  • none
Identifiers
  • (RS)-5-(4-chlorophenyl)-4,5-dihydro-1,3-oxazol-2-amine
CAS Number
PubChem CID
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UNII
KEGG
ChEMBL
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC9H9ClN2O
Molar mass196.63 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
ChiralityRacemic mixture
  • Clc1ccc(cc1)C2O\C(=N/C2)N
  • InChI=1S/C9H9ClN2O/c10-7-3-1-6(2-4-7)8-5-12-9(11)13-8/h1-4,8H,5H2,(H2,11,12) checkY
  • Key:HAHOPPGVHWVBRR-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
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Clominorex is a centrally acting sympathomimetic which is related to other drugs such as aminorex and pemoline. It was developed as an appetite suppressant by McNeil Laboratories in the 1950s.[1]

  1. ^ Maier J, Mayer FP, Brandt SD, Sitte HH (October 2018). "DARK Classics in Chemical Neuroscience: Aminorex Analogues". ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 9 (10): 2484–2502. doi:10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00415. PMC 6287711. PMID 30269490.