Alphacetylmethadol

Alphacetylmethadol (INN), or α-acetylmethadol (AAM), is a synthetic opioid analgesic. Its levorotary enantiomer, levacetylmethadol, is an FDA-approved treatment for opioid addiction; however as of 2003 it is no longer used in the United States for this purpose. Alphacetylmethadol is very similar in structure to methadone, a widely prescribed treatment for opioid addiction. In the United States, it is a Schedule I controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act (presumably because it was never marketed in the US, as is the case with other common opiate/opioid medications such as heroin and prodine), with an ACSCN of 9603 and a 2013 annual manufacturing quota of 2 grammes.

Alphacetylmethadol
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Identifiers
  • [(3R,6R)-6-(Dimethylamino)-4,4-diphenylheptan-3-yl] acetate
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC23H31NO2
Molar mass353.506 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • CC[C@H](C(C[C@@H](C)N(C)C)(C1=CC=CC=C1)C2=CC=CC=C2)OC(=O)C
  • InChI=1S/C23H31NO2/c1-6-22(26-19(3)25)23(17-18(2)24(4)5,20-13-9-7-10-14-20)21-15-11-8-12-16-21/h7-16,18,22H,6,17H2,1-5H3/t18-,22-/m1/s1
  • Key:XBMIVRRWGCYBTQ-XMSQKQJNSA-N
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