Amylocaine

Amylocaine
	IUPAC name benzoic acid [1-(dimethylaminomethyl)-1-methylpropyl] ester
Identifiers
CAS number	644-26-8
PubChem	10767
ChemSpider	10312
UNII	QRW683O56T
KEGG	D07454
Jmol-3D images	Image 1
	SMILES O=C(OC(C)(CC)CN(C)C)c1ccccc1 ;
	InChI InChI=1S/C14H21NO2/c1-5-14(2,11-15(3)4)17-13(16)12-9-7-6-8-10-12/h6-10H,5,11H2,1-4H3 ; Key: FDMBBCOBEAVDAO-UHFFFAOYSA-N InChI=1/C14H21NO2/c1-5-14(2,11-15(3)4)17-13(16)12-9-7-6-8-10-12/h6-10H,5,11H2,1-4H3; Key: FDMBBCOBEAVDAO-UHFFFAOYAQ ;
Properties
Molecular formula	C14H21NO2
Molar mass	235.32204
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	Infobox references

Amylocaine was the first synthetic local anesthetic. It was synthesized and patented under the name Stovaine by Ernest Fourneau at the Pasteur Institute in 1903.^[1] It was formerly used mostly in spinal anesthesia.^[2]

Notes and references [edit]

^ Fourneau, E. (1904). "Stovaïne, anesthésique local". Bulletin des sciences pharmacologiques. 10: 141-148.
^ Debue-Barazer, Christine (2007). "Les Implications scientifiques et industrielles du succès de la Stovaïne : Ernest Fourneau (1872-1949) et la chimie des médicaments en France". Gesnerus 64 (1-2): 24-53.

Smith, Maurice I.; Hatcher, Robert A. (January 1917). "A Contribution to the Pharmacology of Stovaine". Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 9 (4): 231–240.

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