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Etiracetam

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Chemical compound Pharmaceutical compound
Etiracetam
Clinical data
Routes of
administration
Oral
ATC code
  • none
Legal status
Legal status
  • US: Unscheduled
Identifiers
IUPAC name
  • (RS)-2-(2-Oxopyrrolidin-1-yl)butanamide
CAS Number
PubChem CID
ChemSpider
UNII
ChEMBL
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
ECHA InfoCard100.111.445 Edit this at Wikidata
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC8H14N2O2
Molar mass170.212 gยทmol
3D model (JSmol)
ChiralityRacemic mixture
SMILES
  • CCC(C(=O)N)N1CCCC1=O
InChI
  • InChI=1S/C8H14N2O2/c1-2-6(8(9)12)10-5-3-4-7(10)11/h6H,2-5H2,1H3,(H2,9,12)
  • Key:HPHUVLMMVZITSG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Etiracetam is a chemical compound belonging to the racetam family, which was developed as a nootropic drug. It is racemic; its biologically active enantiomeric form is levetiracetam, now marketed as an antiepileptic drug.

See also

References

  1. Sara SJ (1980). "Memory retrieval deficits: alleviation by etiracetam, a nootropic drug". Psychopharmacology. 68 (3): 235โ€“41. doi:10.1007/bf00428109. PMID 6771807. S2CID 23369972.
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