(R)-3-Nitrobiphenyline

(R)-3-Nitrobiphenyline
Clinical data
MedlinePlus	a682611
Identifiers
	IUPAC name (R)-2-[1-(3'-Nitrobiphenyl-2-yloxy)ethyl]-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole;
CAS Number	945618-95-1 ;
PubChem CID	16757089;
ChemSpider	23288036 ;
ChEMBL	ChEMBL242693 ;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID401028500 ;
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C17H17N3O3
Molar mass	311.341 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
	SMILES c2ccc([N](=O)=O)cc2-c1ccccc1OC(C)C3=NCCN3;
	InChI InChI=1S/C17H17N3O3/c1-12(17-18-9-10-19-17)23-16-8-3-2-7-15(16)13-5-4-6-14(11-13)20(21)22/h2-8,11-12H,9-10H2,1H3,(H,18,19)/t12-/m1/s1 ; Key:NMSAVNXFCXMJJY-GFCCVEGCSA-N ;
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(R)-3-Nitrobiphenyline is a drug which acts as an α₂-adrenergic agonist, selective for the α_2C subtype, as well as being a weak antagonist at the α_2A and α_2B subtypes. It has been used in scientific research to characterize the binding and functional properties of the α_2C subtype.^[1]^[2]

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