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Dimepheptanol


Dimepheptanol
Systematic (IUPAC) name
6-dimethylamino-4,4-di(phenyl)heptan-3-ol
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Chemical data
Formula	C₂₁H₂₉N O
Mol. mass	311.46 g/mol
Synonyms	Dimepheptanol, Racemethadol
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Legal status	Schedule I(US)
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Dimepheptanol (Racemethadol) is an opioid analgesic that is an analogue of methadone.

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Dimepheptanol is a mixture of two isomers, α-methadol and β-methadol. These are also available separately, and this drug has three separate entries in many national and international lists of illegal drugs, which refer to the racemic mixture dimepheptanol, and the two optical isomers. Each of these isomers is itself a mixture of two isomers, and so there are in fact four isomers of dimepheptanol in total; levo-α-methadol, dextro-α-methadol, levo-β-methadol and dextro-β-methadol.

The isomer levo-α-methadol is the active metabolite of the long-acting opioid substitute drug Levomethadyl Acetate, and has been much more widely used than β-methadol or the racemic mix dimepheptanol.

Dimepheptanol has similar effects to other opioids, and produces analgesia, sedation and euphoria. Side effects can include itching, nausea and potentially serious respiratory depression which can be life-threatening.

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Morphinans

Butorphanol • Cyclorphan • Dextro-3-hydroxy-N-allylmorphinan • Dextrorphan • Drotebanol • Levargorphan • Levallorphan • Levorphanol • Levorphan • Levophenacylmorphan • Levomethorphan • Norlevorphanol • Oxilorphan • Phenomorphan • Racemethorphan • Racemorphan

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Bremazocine • Cyclazocine • Dezocine • Ethylketocyclazocine • Ketazocine • Metazocine • Pentazocine • Phenazocine

4-Phenylpiperidines

Pethidines (Meperidines)	Anileridine • Benzethidine • Carperidine • Difenoxin • Diphenoxylate • Etoxeridine (Carbetidine) • Furethidine • Hydroxypethidine (Bemidone) • Morpheridine • Oxpheneridine (Carbamethidine) • Pethidine (Meperidine) • Pethidine Intermediate A • Pethidine Intermediate B (Norpethidine) • Pethidine Intermediate C (Pethidinic Acid) • Pheneridine • Phenoperidine • Piminodine • Properidine (Ipropethidine) • Sameridine • WIN-7681
Prodines	Allylprodine • α-meprodine • α-prodine • β-meprodine • β-prodine • Meprodine • MPPP • PEPAP • Prodine • Prosidol • Trimeperidine
Ketobemidones	Acetoxyketobemidone • Ketobemidone • Methylketobemidone • Propylketobemidone
Others	Alvimopan • Loperamide • Picenadol

Open Chain Opioids

Amidones	Dextromethadone • Dipipanone • Isomethadone • Levomethadone • Methadone • Methadone Intermediate • Norpipanone • Phenadoxone (Heptazone) • Pipidone
Methadols	Acetylmethadol • α-methadol • α-acetylmethadol • β-methadol • β-acetylmethadol • Dimepheptanol • Levo-α-acetylmethadol • Noracymethadol
Moramides	Dextromoramide • Levomoramide • Moramide Intermediate • Racemoramide
Thiambutenes	Diethylthiambutene • Dimethylthiambutene • Ethylmethylthiambutene
Phenalkoxams	Dextropropoxyphene • Dimenoxadol • Dioxaphetyl Butyrate • Levopropoxyphene • Propoxyphene
Ampromides	Diampromide • Phenampromide • Propiram
Others	Lefetamine