Triethylcholine

Triethylcholine
Skeletal formula of the triethylcholine cation
Ball-and-stick model of the triethylcholine cation
Clinical data
ATC code
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Identifiers
  • N,N,N-triethyl-2-hydroxyethanaminium
CAS Number
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC8H20NO
Molar mass146.254 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • CC[N+](CC)(CC)CCO
  • InChI=1S/C11H26NO/c1-7-10(12(4,5)6)11(13,8-2)9-3/h10,13H,7-9H2,1-6H3/q+1 checkY
  • Key:FWWCPIVPYLRCPR-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
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Triethylcholine is a drug which mimics choline, and causes failure of cholinergic transmission by interfering with synthesis of acetylcholine in nerve endings.[1]

  1. ^ Bull G, Hemsworth BA (August 1963). "Inhibition of Biological Synthesis of Acetylcholine by Triethylcholine". Nature. 199 (4892): 487–8. Bibcode:1963Natur.199..487B. doi:10.1038/199487b0. PMID 14058607. S2CID 2744850.