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Zolpidem

≥98% (HPLC), solid, benzodiazepine receptor agonist

Synonym(s):

N,N,6-Trimethyl-2-(4-methylphenyl)-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-3-acetamide

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C19H21N3O
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
307.39
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352200
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.77

product name

Zolpidem, ≥98% (HPLC), solid

Quality Level

Assay

≥98% (HPLC)

form

solid

drug control

USDEA Schedule IV; Home Office Schedule 4.1; psychotrope (France); kontrollierte Droge in Deutschland; regulated under CDSA - not available from Sigma-Aldrich Canada; psicótropo (Spain); Decreto Lei 15/93: Tabela IV (Portugal)

color

white

solubility

45% (w/v) aq 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin: 0.3 mg/mL
DMSO: >10 mg/mL
ethanol: 50 mg/mL
methanol: 50 mg/mL
H2O: insoluble
dilute aqueous base: insoluble

originator

Sanofi Aventis

SMILES string

CC1=CN2C(C=C1)=NC(C3=CC=C(C)C=C3)=C2CC(N(C)C)=O

InChI

1S/C19H21N3O/c1-13-5-8-15(9-6-13)19-16(11-18(23)21(3)4)22-12-14(2)7-10-17(22)20-19/h5-10,12H,11H2,1-4H3

InChI key

ZAFYATHCZYHLPB-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Biochem/physiol Actions

Potent and selective agonist for the benzodiazepine receptor associated with the GABAA receptor; hypnotic.

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Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 2 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Central nervous system

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Ji-Yeong Byeon et al.
Archives of pharmacal research, 41(8), 861-866 (2018-08-18)
Zolpidem is indicated for the short-term treatment of insomnia and it is predominantly metabolized by CYP3A4, and to a lesser extent by CYP2C19, CYP1A2, and CYP2C9. Therefore, we evaluated the effects of CYP2C19 genetic polymorphisms on the pharmacokinetics of zolpidem
Sara C Mednick et al.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 33(10), 4494-4504 (2013-03-08)
An important function of sleep is the consolidation of memories, and features of sleep, such as rapid eye movement (REM) or sleep spindles, have been shown to correlate with improvements in discrete memory domains. Because of the methodological difficulties in
Hsin-I Shih et al.
Medicine, 94(17), e809-e809 (2015-05-02)
We evaluate the effects of zolpidem use to develop dementia or Alzheimer disease from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD).A retrospective population-based nested case-control study. Newly diagnosed dementia patients 65 years and older and controls were sampled. A
Eunmi Kim et al.
Forensic science international, 269, 50-55 (2016-11-21)
The southern area of South Korea consists of three parts; Busan, Ulsan and Gyeongsangnam-do. Busan Institute of National Forensic Service (NFS) performed about 50,000 cases throughout the southern area in 2014, occupying over 15% of total cases covered by NFS.
Franck Da-Silva et al.
Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 107(7), 1957-1972 (2018-03-11)
The objective was to compare, with the same data set, the predictive performance of 3 in vitro assays of hepatic clearance (CL), namely, micropatterned cocultures (also referring to HepatoPac®) and suspension as well as monolayer hepatocytes to define which assay is

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