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Rimonabant hydrochloride

≥98% (HPLC), powder, cannabinoid type-I receptor antagonist

Synonym(s):

5-(4-Chlorophenyl)-1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-4-methyl-N-1-piperidinyl-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxamide hydrochloride, SR-141716, SR-141716A, SR141716, SR141716A

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C22H21Cl3N4O · HCl
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
500.25
UNSPSC Code:
12352200
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.77

product name

Rimonabant hydrochloride, ≥98% (HPLC)

Assay

≥98% (HPLC)

form

powder

storage condition

desiccated

color

white to beige

solubility

DMSO: 20 mg/mL, clear

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

CC1=C(C2=CC=C(Cl)C=C2)N(C3=CC=C(Cl)C=C3Cl)N=C1C(NN4CCCCC4)=O.Cl

InChI

1S/C22H21Cl3N4O.ClH/c1-14-20(22(30)27-28-11-3-2-4-12-28)26-29(19-10-9-17(24)13-18(19)25)21(14)15-5-7-16(23)8-6-15;/h5-10,13H,2-4,11-12H2,1H3,(H,27,30);1H

InChI key

REOYOKXLUFHOBV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Gene Information

human ... CNR1(1268)

Application

Rimonabant hydrochloride has been used as an antagonist of cannabinoid 1 (CB1) receptor:
  • to study its effects on protein synthesis in C2C12 myotubes
  • to analyze its effects on human astroglia
  • in combination with methanandamide (mAEA) to study its effects on murine gastric vagal afferent mechanosensitivity

Biochem/physiol Actions

Rimonabant acts as a mycobacterial membrane protein large 3 (MMPL3) inhibitor. Rimonabant hydrochloride exhibits therapeutic activity against weight reduction and smoking cessation.
Rimonabant hydrochloride (SR-141716A) is a potent and selective CB1 cannabinoid inverse agonist/antagonist with a Ki of 1.6 nM, minimal affinity for CB2, and and some GPR55 agonist activity. Rimonabant was developed as an anti-obesity drug because of its appetite suppressant activity, but was taken off the market because of side effects of depression and anxiety.

Features and Benefits

This compound is featured on the Cannabinoid Receptors and Cannabinoid Receptors pages of the Handbook of Receptor Classification and Signal Transduction. To browse other handbook pages, click here.

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Danger

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2

Storage Class Code

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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A novel validated RP-HPLC method development for the estimation of rimonabant hydrochloride in bulk and tablet dosage forms
Nama S, et al.
African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 5(2), 207-213 (2011)
Jorge Emilio Ortega et al.
European journal of pharmacology, 709(1-3), 13-19 (2013-04-09)
Current pharmacological therapies for depression, including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), are far from ideal. The cannabinoid system has been implicated in control of mood and neural processing of emotional information, and the modulation of serotonin (5-HT) release in the
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Sodium channel Nav1.7, encoded by the SCN9A gene, is a well-validated target that plays a key role in controlling pain sensation. Loss-of-function mutations of Nav1.7 can cause a syndrome of profound congenital insensitivity to pain in humans. Better understanding of

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