hexafluronium bromide

{{Short description|Pharmaceutical drug}}

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| IUPAC_name = N,N-di-9H-fluoren-9-yl-N,N,N',N'-tetramethylhexane-1,6-diaminium dibromide

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| drug_name = Hexafluronium

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| CAS_number = 317-52-2

| ATC_prefix = M03

| ATC_suffix = AC05

| PubChem = 9434

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| DrugBank = DB00941

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| UNII = B64NJG83K2

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| KEGG = D04435

| C=36 | H=42 | Br=2 | N=2

| smiles = [Br-].[Br-].c1cccc3c1c2c(cccc2)C3[N+](CCCCCC[N+](C6c4ccccc4c5ccccc56)(C)C)(C)C

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| StdInChI = 1S/C36H42N2.2BrH/c1-37(2,35-31-21-11-7-17-27(31)28-18-8-12-22-32(28)35)25-15-5-6-16-26-38(3,4)36-33-23-13-9-19-29(33)30-20-10-14-24-34(30)36;;/h7-14,17-24,35-36H,5-6,15-16,25-26H2,1-4H3;2*1H/q+2;;/p-2

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Hexafluronium (or hexafluorenium) is a muscle relaxant.{{cite journal | vauthors = Baraka A | title = Hexafluorenium-suxamethonium interaction in patients with normal versus atypical cholinesterase | journal = British Journal of Anaesthesia | volume = 47 | issue = 8 | pages = 885–8 | date = August 1975 | pmid = 1201167 | doi = 10.1093/bja/47.8.885 | doi-access = free }} It acts as a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist.

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{{Muscle relaxants}}

{{Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor modulators}}

Category:Muscle relaxants

Category:Bromides

Category:Nicotinic antagonists

Category:Quaternary ammonium compounds

Category:Fluorenes

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