Meprylcaine

Meprylcaine
Legal status

Legal status	UK: Under Psychoactive Substances Act
Identifiers
IUPAC name benzoic acid (2-methyl-2-propylaminopropyl) ester
CAS Number	495-70-5
PubChem CID	4065
ChemSpider	3925
UNII	82YT7WU9PW
ChEMBL	ChEMBL127810
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID70197810
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C₁₄H₂₁NO₂
Molar mass	235.327 g·mol⁻¹
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
SMILES CC(COC(C1=CC=CC=C1)=O)(C)NCCC
InChI InChI=1S/C14H21NO2/c1-4-10-15-14(2,3)11-17-13(16)12-8-6-5-7-9-12/h5-9,15H,4,10-11H2,1-3H3 Key:VXJABHHJLXLNMP-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Meprylcaine (also known as Epirocaine and Oracaine) is a local anesthetic with stimulant properties that is structurally related to dimethocaine.^[1]

Meprylcaine has a relatively potent inhibitory action on the monoamine transporter and inhibits the reuptake of dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin.^[2]^[3]

Synthesis

The 2-methyl-2-(propylamino)propan-1-ol [55968-10-0] (1) is treated with base and then with Benzoyl chloride (2), completing the synthesis of Meprycaine (3).

References

^ Sato T, Kitayama S, Mitsuhata C, Ikeda T, Morita K, Dohi T (February 2000). "Selective inhibition of monoamine neurotransmitter transporters by synthetic local anesthetics". Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology. 361 (2): 214–20. doi:10.1007/s002109900184. PMID 10685879. S2CID 1627097.
^ Arai S, Morita K, Kitayama S, Kumagai K, Kumagai M, Kihira K, Dohi T (February 2003). "Chronic inhibition of the norepinephrine transporter in the brain participates in seizure sensitization to cocaine and local anesthetics". Brain Research. 964 (1): 83–90. doi:10.1016/S0006-8993(02)04068-4. PMID 12573515. S2CID 16539422.
^ Morita K, Hamamoto M, Arai S, Kitayama S, Irifune M, Kawahara M, et al. (September 2005). "Inhibition of serotonin transporters by cocaine and meprylcaine through 5-TH2C receptor stimulation facilitates their seizure activities" (PDF). Brain Research. 1057 (1–2): 153–60. doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2005.07.049. PMID 16125150. S2CID 30437231. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-17. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
^ Reasenberg, Julian R.; Goldberg, Samuel D. (1945). "Esters of β-Alkylaminoethanols". Journal of the American Chemical Society 67 (6): 933–939. doi:10.1021/ja01222a017.
^ Julian R Reasenberg, U.S. patent 2,767,207 (1956 to Mizzy Inc).
^ Julian R Reasenberg, Samuel D Goldberg, U.S. patent 2,421,129 (1947 to Oradent Chemical Co Inc).

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ATC code: N06B

Local anesthetics (primarily sodium channel blockers) (N01B)

Esters by acid

Aminobenzoic	Benzocaine Benzonatate Butacaine Butamben Chloroprocaine Dimethocaine Lucaine Meprylcaine Metabutethamine Metabutoxycaine Nitracaine Orthocaine Propoxycaine Procaine (Novocaine) Proxymetacaine Risocaine Tetracaine
Benzoic	Amylocaine Cocaine Cyclomethycaine α-Eucaine β-Eucaine Hexylcaine Isobucaine Piperocaine
ArCO2- (not para-amino or Ph)	Amoproxan (3,4,5-Trimethoxybenzoyl) 3-(p-Fluorobenzoyloxy)tropane

Amides

Combinations

^#WHO-EM
^‡Withdrawn from market
Clinical trials:
- ^†Phase III
- ^§Never to phase III

Synthesis

References

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