Cinnamedrine

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Other namesCinnamylephedrine; N-Cinnamylephedrine
CAS Number
Cinnamedrine
Clinical data
Other namesCinnamylephedrine; N-Cinnamylephedrine
Identifiers
  • 2-[methyl-[(E)-3-phenylprop-2-enyl]amino]-1-phenylpropan-1-ol
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ECHA InfoCard100.001.838 Edit this at Wikidata
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC19H23NO
Molar mass281.399 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • CC(C(C1=CC=CC=C1)O)N(C)C/C=C/C2=CC=CC=C2
  • InChI=1S/C19H23NO/c1-16(19(21)18-13-7-4-8-14-18)20(2)15-9-12-17-10-5-3-6-11-17/h3-14,16,19,21H,15H2,1-2H3/b12-9+
  • Key:YMJMZFPZRVMNCH-FMIVXFBMSA-N

Cinnamedrine (INNTooltip International Nonproprietary Name, USANTooltip United States Adopted Name), also known as N-cinnamylephedrine, is a sympathomimetic drug with similar effects relative to those of ephedrine.[1][2] It also has some local anesthetic activity.[2] Cinnamedrine was previously used, in combination with analgesics, as an antispasmodic to treat dysmenorrhea in the over-the-counter drug Midol in the 1980s.[2][3] There is a case series of the drug being abused as a psychostimulant.[4]

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