Mecloqualone
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| Systematic (IUPAC) name | |
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| 3-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-methylquinazolin-4(3H)-one | |
| Clinical data | |
| Pregnancy cat. | ? |
| Legal status | ? |
| Identifiers | |
| CAS number | 340-57-8 |
| ATC code | None |
| PubChem | CID 9567 |
| ChemSpider | 9192 |
| UNII | 09XU4VDV7E |
| KEGG | D04877 |
| ChEMBL | CHEMBL279960 |
| Chemical data | |
| Formula | C15H11ClN2O |
| Mol. mass | 270.714 |
| SMILES | eMolecules & PubChem |
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Mecloqualone (Nubarene, Casfen) is an analogue of methaqualone which was first made in 1960[1] and marketed mainly in France and some other European countries. It has sedative, hypnotic and anxiolytic properties, and was used for the treatment of insomnia.[2] Mecloqualone is faster acting but shorter lasting than methaqualone and so was used only as a sleeping pill[3], in contrast to methaqualone which was used as a general purpose anxiolytic as well. Mecloqualone was never as widely used as methaqualone and is no longer prescribed because of concerns about its potential for abuse and overdose.
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- ^ Jackman, G. B.; Petrow, V.; Stephenson, O. (1960). "Some 2, 3-disubstituted 3H-4-quinazolones and 3H-4-thioquinazolones"The Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology 12: 529–538. PMID 14406263.
- ^ Mouren, P.; Giraud, F.; Pinsard, N. (1963). "Clinical use of a new psycholeptic: Mecloqualone"Marseille medical 100: 599–602. PMID 13936358.
- ^ Dubnk, B.; Towne, C. A.; Bush, M. T. (1969). "Detection, assay and rate of excretion of mecloqualone in animals and man"Toxicology and applied pharmacology 15 (3): 632–641. doi:10.1016/0041-008X(69)90065-9. PMID 5353825.
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