Classification
Compound class	Synthetic organic

IUPAC Name

(6R)-6-dimethylamino-4,4-di(phenyl)heptan-3-one

International Nonproprietary Names
INN number	INN
5002	levomethadone
788	methadone

Synonyms

(R)-methadone | l-methadone | levomethadone

Comments

(-)-methadone is a component of the approved drug methadone, and while it has been assigned an INN, it is not itself an approved drug. See our ligand entry for methadone for futher details.

Database Links
CAS Registry No.	125-58-6 (source: Scifinder)
ChEMBL Ligand	CHEMBL159659
DrugBank Ligand	DB00333
GtoPdb PubChem SID	135650582
PubChem CID	22267
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Search PubMed clinical trials	methadone
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Wikipedia	Methadone