Nitecapone

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Nitecapone
Skeletal formula
Space-filling model
Clinical data
ATC code
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Identifiers
  • 3-[(3,4-Dihydroxy-5-nitrophenyl)methylidene]pentane-2,4-dione
JSmol)
  • [O-][N+](=O)c1cc(\C=C(/C(=O)C)C(=O)C)cc(O)c1O
  • InChI=1S/C12H11NO6/c1-6(14)9(7(2)15)3-8-4-10(13(18)19)12(17)11(16)5-8/h3-5,16-17H,1-2H3
  • Key:UPMRZALMHVUCIN-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Nitecapone (

catechol O-methyl transferase (COMT).[1][2] It was patented as an antiparkinson medication but was never marketed.[1]

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