Tybamate

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IUPAC_name = [2-(carbamoyloxymethyl)-2-methylpentyl] N-butylcarbamate


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CAS_number = 4268-36-4
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PubChem = 20266
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C=13|H=26|N=2|O=4
molecular_weight = 274.357 g/mol
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Tybamate 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. [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.]

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