Racemoramide

Racemoramide (INN, BAN), or simply moramide, is an opioid analgesic and a racemic mixture of the substances dextromoramide (the active component) and levomoramide (which is inactive), two enantiomers of a chiral molecule.^[2]

ATC code

• none

Legal status

• BR: Class A1 (Narcotic drugs)^[1]
• CA: Schedule I
• DE: Anlage II (Authorized trade only, not prescriptible)
• US: Schedule I

CAS Number

• 545-59-5 ^N

PubChem CID

• 9648

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Racemoramide

Clinical data
ATC code	none
Legal status
Legal status	BR: Class A1 (Narcotic drugs)[1] CA: Schedule I DE: Anlage II (Authorized trade only, not prescriptible) US: Schedule I
Identifiers
IUPAC name 3-methyl-4-morpholin-4-yl-2,2-diphenyl-1-pyrrolidin-1-yl-butan-1-one
CAS Number	545-59-5 N
PubChem CID	9648
ChemSpider	9269 N
UNII	L3J8QT828G
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID50859343
ECHA InfoCard	100.008.085
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C25H32N2O2
Molar mass	392.543 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
SMILES O=C(N1CCCC1)C(c2ccccc2)(c3ccccc3)C(C)CN4CCOCC4
InChI InChI=1S/C25H32N2O2/c1-21(20-26-16-18-29-19-17-26)25(22-10-4-2-5-11-22,23-12-6-3-7-13-23)24(28)27-14-8-9-15-27/h2-7,10-13,21H,8-9,14-20H2,1H3 N Key:INUNXTSAACVKJS-UHFFFAOYSA-N N
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Racemoramide is itself controlled; in the United States it is under Schedule I as a Narcotic with an ACSCN of 9645 and a zero annual aggregate manufacturing quota as of 2014.^[3] Its salts are the bitartrate (free base conversion ratio 0.723) and dihydrochloride (0.843)

Moramide intermediate is listed separately as a Schedule II Narcotic controlled substance (ACSCN 9802), also with a zero quota.^[3]