2D Structure

3D Structure

Methylpentynol


Properties
PID PID00198
Mol. Weight 98.145 g/mol
LogP 0.93
Water solubility 0.00646 mol/L at 20 °C
Hydrogen Bond Donor 1
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor 1
Rotatable Bonds 2
XLogP3 0.8

Methylpentynol

Identifiers
Formula C6H10O
PubChem CID 6494
FEMA -
Flavor Profile Pungent
Smiles CCC(C)(C#C)O
InChl Key QXLPXWSKPNOQLE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChl InChI=1S/C6H10O/c1-4-6(3,7)5-2/h1,7H,5H2,2-3H3
CAS Registry Number 77-75-8
IUPAC Systematic Name 3-methylpent-1-yn-3-ol

Organ Location Map/System Distribution of Pungent Flavor Compounds’ Targets


Note: Known Targets (Gene) from 6952 literatures, DrugBank (http://www.drugbank.ca/), STITCH (http://stitch.embl.de/), ChEMBL (https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/), Therapeutic Target Database (http://bidd.nus.edu.sg/group/ttd/), and Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD, http://ctdbase.org/)


Related Pungent TCM

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Pharmacological action

Methylpentynol (Methylparafynol, Dormison, Atemorin, Oblivon) is a tertiary hexanol with hypnotic/sedative and anticonvulsant effects and an exceptionally low therapeutic index. It was discovered by Bayer in 1913[1] and was used shortly thereafter for the treatment of insomnia, but its use was quickly phased out in response to newer drugs with far more favorable safety profiles



Note: Click anywhere in the blank, you can drag the whole dynamic diagram. Click on a node, you can drag his location to see it more clearly. The blue circle represents pharmacology, toxicology, or daily use. Orange hexagon represents the pungent compounds.

References

1. Verfahren zur Darstellung der Oxyalkylderivate von Kohlenwasserstoffen", issued 1913-11-30, assigned to Bayer, Leverkusen

2. Hirsh H L, Orsinger W H. Methylparafynol--a new type hypnotic. Preliminary report on its therapeutic efficacy and toxicity[J]. American practitioner and digest of treatment, 1952, 3(1): 23.

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4. Herz A. A new type of hypnotic; unsaturated tertiary carbinols; experimental studies on therapeutic use of 3-methyl-pentin-ol-3 (methylparafynol)[J]. Arzneimittel-Forschung, 1954, 4(3): 198.

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6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylpentynol

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9. Hickman J R, Marshall P G. Narcotic Activity of Optical Enantiomorphs of Methylpentynol[J]. Nature, 1957, 180(4594): 1053.

10. DOUGHTY A G. Oral premedication in children: a controlled clinical trial of Pecazine, trimeprazine and methylpentynol[J]. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1962, 34(2): 80-89.

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14. Food flavors: formation, analysis and packaging influences[M]. Elsevier, 1998.