Cinnamedrine

Cinnamedrine
Clinical data
Other namesCinnamylephedrine; N-Cinnamylephedrine
Identifiers
  • 2-[methyl-[(E)-3-phenylprop-2-enyl]amino]-1-phenylpropan-1-ol
CAS Number
PubChem CID
ChemSpider
UNII
KEGG
ChEMBL
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
ECHA InfoCard100.001.838
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC19H23NO
Molar mass281.399 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • CC(C(C1=CC=CC=C1)O)N(C)C/C=C/C2=CC=CC=C2
  • InChI=1S/C19H23NO/c1-16(19(21)18-13-7-4-8-14-18)20(2)15-9-12-17-10-5-3-6-11-17/h3-14,16,19,21H,15H2,1-2H3/b12-9+
  • Key:YMJMZFPZRVMNCH-FMIVXFBMSA-N

Cinnamedrine (INNTooltip International Nonproprietary Name, USANTooltip United States Adopted Name), also known as N-cinnamylephedrine, is a sympathomimetic drug with similar effects relative to those of ephedrine. It also has some local anesthetic activity. Cinnamedrine was previously used, in combination with analgesics, as an antispasmodic to treat dysmenorrhea in the over-the-counter drug Midol in the 1980s. There is a case series of the drug being abused as a psychostimulant.