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Substance Name: Escitalopram [INN:BAN]
RN: 128196-01-0
UNII: 4O4S742ANY
InChIKey: WSEQXVZVJXJVFP-FQEVSTJZSA-N

Note

  • A furancarbonitrile that is one of the SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS used as an antidepressant. The drug is also effective in reducing ethanol uptake in alcoholics and is used in depressed patients who also suffer from tardive dyskinesia in preference to tricyclic antidepressants, which aggravate this condition./Citalopram/

Molecular Formula

  • C20-H21-F-N2-O

Molecular Weight

  • 324.3969
 

Names and Synonyms

Name of Substance

  • Escitalopram [INN:BAN]

Synonyms

  • (+)-(S)-1-(3-(Dimethylamino)propyl)-1-(p-fluorophenyl)-5-phthalancarbonitrile
  • (S)-Citalopram
  • Escitalopram
  • HSDB 8410
  • S(+)-Citalopram
  • Seroplex
  • UNII-4O4S742ANY

Systematic Name

  • 5-Isobenzofurancarbonitrile, 1-(3-(dimethylamino)propyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,3-dihydro-, (1S)-

Registry Numbers

CAS Registry Number

  • 128196-01-0

FDA UNII

  • 4O4S742ANY

System Generated Number

  • 0128196010

Structure Descriptors

InChI

InChI=1S/C20H21FN2O/c1-23(2)11-3-10-20(17-5-7-18(21)8-6-17)19-9-4-15(13-22)12-16(19)14-24-20/h4-9,12H,3,10-11,14H2,1-2H3/t20-/m0/s1

InChIKey

WSEQXVZVJXJVFP-FQEVSTJZSA-N

Smiles

CN(C)CCC[C@]1(OCc2cc(ccc12)C#N)c3ccc(F)cc3