Tybamate

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Tybamate
Systematic (IUPAC) name
[2-(carbamoyloxymethyl)-2-methylpentyl] N-butylcarbamate
Clinical data
Pregnancy cat.  ?
Legal status  ?
Identifiers
CAS number 4268-36-4
ATC code None
PubChem CID 20266
UNII 3875LLL8M8 YesY
KEGG D06260 YesY
Chemical data
Formula C13H26N2O4 
Mol. mass 274.357 g/mol
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Tybamate (INN) is an anxiolytic. It is a prodrug for meprobamate in the same way as the better known drug carisoprodol. It has liver enzyme inducing effects similar to those of phenobarbital but much weaker.[1]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Segelman FH, Kelton E, Terzi RM, Kucharczyk N, Sofia RD. The comparative potency of phenobarbital and five 1,3-propanediol dicarbamates for hepatic cytochrome P450 induction in rats. Research Communications in Chemical Pathology and Pharmacology. 1985 Jun;48(3):467-70.