Melperone

Melperone
Systematic (IUPAC) name
	1-(4-fluorophenyl)-4-(4-methyl-1-piperidyl)butan-1-one
Clinical data
AHFS/Drugs.com	International Drug Names
Pregnancy cat.	?
Legal status	?
Routes	Oral, intramuscular injection
Pharmacokinetic data
Metabolism	Hepatic (inhibits CYP2D6)
Half-life	3–4 hours (oral); 6 hours (IM)
Identifiers
CAS number	3575-80-2
ATC code	N05AD03
PubChem	CID 15387
ChemSpider	14646
UNII	J8WA3K39B7
KEGG	D07309
Chemical data
Formula	C16H22FNO
Mol. mass	263.35 g/mol
SMILES	eMolecules & PubChem
	InChI InChI=1S/C16H22FNO/c1-13-8-11-18(12-9-13)10-2-3-16(19)14-4-6-15(17)7-5-14/h4-7,13H,2-3,8-12H2,1H3 ; Key:DKMFBWQBDIGMHM-UHFFFAOYSA-N ;
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Melperone (Buronil, Burnil, Eunerpan) is an atypical antipsychotic of the butyrophenone chemical class.

[edit] References

^ Grözinger M, Dragicevic A, Hiemke C, Shams M, Müller MJ, Härtter S (2003). "Melperone is an inhibitor of the CYP2D6 catalyzed O-demethylation of venlafaxine". Pharmacopsychiatry 36 (1): 3–6. doi:10.1055/s-2003-38084. PMID 12649767.