Pyrazolam

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Pyrazolam
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administration 		Oral, Sublingual, rectal
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Elimination half-life 17 hours
Identifiers
  • 8-Bromo-1-methyl-6-(pyridin-2-yl)-4H-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a][1,4]benzodiazepine
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Chemical and physical data
Formula C16H12BrN5
Molar mass 354.211 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • CC1=NN=C2CN=C(C3=NC=CC=C3)C3=CC(Br)=CC=C3N12
  • InChI=1S/C16H12BrN5/c1-10-20-21-15-9-19-16(13-4-2-3-7-18-13)12-8-11(17)5-6-14(12)22(10)15/h2-8H,9H2,1H3
  • Key:BGRWSFIQQPVEML-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Pyrazolam (SH-I-04) [2] is a benzodiazepine derivative originally developed by a team led by Leo Sternbach at Hoffman-La Roche in the 1970s. [3] It has since been "rediscovered" and sold as a designer drug since 2012. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [ excessive citations ]

Contents

Pyrazolam has structural similarities to alprazolam [10] and bromazepam. Unlike other benzodiazepines, pyrazolam does not appear to undergo metabolism, instead being excreted unchanged in the urine. [4]

United Kingdom

In the UK, pyrazolam has been classified as a  Class C drug  by section 5 of the May 2017 amendment to  The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971  along with several other designer benzodiazepine drugs. [11]

United States

Unscheduled at the federal level.

Alabama made Pyrazolam a schedule I substance on March 18th, 2014. [12]

Synthesis

Pyrazolam synthesis.svg

The condensation of bromazepam (1) with methylamine and titanium tetrachloride gives the amidine (2). Treatment with nitrous acid gives the nitrosylation product (3). Further reaction with hydrazine gives (4), which is treated with triethyl orthoacetate to complete the synthesis of pyrazolam. [13]

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References

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