N-Phenethylnordesomorphine is an opiate

Opiate

In medicine, the term opiate describes any of the narcotic opioid alkaloids found as natural products in the opium poppy plant.-Overview:Opiates are so named because they are constituents or derivatives of constituents found in opium, which is processed from the latex sap of the opium poppy,...

 analgesic

Analgesic

An analgesic is any member of the group of drugs used to relieve pain . The word analgesic derives from Greek an- and algos ....

 drug derived from desomorphine

Desomorphine

Desomorphine is an opiate analogue invented in 1932 in the United States that is a derivative of morphine, where the 6-hydroxyl group has been removed and the 7,8 double bond has been saturated. It has sedative and analgesic effects, and is around 8-10 times more potent than morphine...

 by replacing the N-methyl group with β-phenethyl. Since desomorphine is already around eight times more potent than morphine

Morphine

Morphine is a potent opiate analgesic medication and is considered to be the prototypical opioid. It was first isolated in 1804 by Friedrich Sertürner, first distributed by same in 1817, and first commercially sold by Merck in 1827, which at the time was a single small chemists' shop. It was more...

, the additional boost in binding affinity produced by using the larger phenethyl group makes N-phenethylnordesomorphine a highly potent analgesic drug, some 85x more potent than morphine, and a similar strength to the closely related morphinan

Morphinan

Morphinan is the base chemical structure of a large chemical class of psychoactive drugs, consisting of opioid analgesics, cough suppressants, and dissociative hallucinogens, among others.- Chemical Derivatives :Immediate derivatives of morphinan include:...

 derivative phenomorphan

Phenomorphan

Phenomorphan is an opioid analgesic. It is not currently used in medicine, but has similar side effects to other opiates, which include itching, nausea and respiratory depression....

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See also

• 14-Cinnamoyloxycodeinone
  14-Cinnamoyloxycodeinone
  14-Cinnamoyloxycodeinone is an opiate analgesic drug discovered in the 1960s, with around 100 times the potency of morphine. It is a derivative of oxycodeinone, being the 14-cinnamate ester.-See also:* 14-Phenylpropoxymetopon* 7-PET...
  
  
• 14-Phenylpropoxymetopon
  14-Phenylpropoxymetopon
  14-Phenylpropoxymetopon is an opiate analogue that is an derivative of metopon which has been substituted with a γ-phenylpropoxy group at the 14-position. It is a highly potent analgesic drug several thousand times stronger than morphine, with a similar in vivo potency to etorphine...
  
  
• 7-PET
  7-PET
  7-PET was discovered by K.W. Bentley and is a potent analgesic drug, 300 times the potency of morphine by weight. It is related to the more well-known oripavine derivative opioid etorphine, which is used as a very potent veterinary painkiller and anesthetic medication, used primarily for the...
  
  
• N-Phenethyl-14-ethoxymetopon
  N-Phenethyl-14-ethoxymetopon
  N-Phenethyl-14-ethoxymetopon is a drug which is a derivative of metopon. It is a potent analgesic, around 60 times stronger than morphine and produces significantly less constipation....
  
  
• N-Phenethylnormorphine
  N-Phenethylnormorphine
  N-Phenethylnormorphine is an opiate analgesic drug derived from morphine by replacing the N-methyl group with β-phenethyl. It is around eight to fourteen times more potent than morphine as a result of this modification, in contrast to most other N-substituted derivatives of morphine which are...
  
  
• RAM-378
  RAM-378
  RAM-378 is an opiate analgesic drug. It is the N-phenethyl derivative of hydromorphinol.-See also:* 14-Cinnamoyloxycodeinone* 14-Phenylpropoxymetopon* 7-PET* N-Phenethylnormorphine...
  
  
• Ro4-1539
  Ro4-1539
  Ro4-1539 is an opioid analgesic drug from the morphinan series, which was developed by the pharmaceutical company Hoffmann–La Roche in the 1950s. It acts as a potent μ-opioid agonist, and was found to be around 30-60x more potent than the related drug levorphanol in animal experiments...