Racemoramide (

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, BAN), or simply moramide, is an

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and a

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of the substances dextromoramide (the active component) and levomoramide (which is inactive), two

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s of a chiral molecule. Racemoramide is itself controlled; in the United States it is under Schedule I as a Narcotic with an ACSCN of 9645 and a zero annual aggregate manufacturing quota as of 2014. Its salts are the bitartrate (free base conversion ratio 0.723) and dihydrochloride (0.843) Moramide intermediate is listed separately as a Schedule II Narcotic controlled substance (ACSCN 9802), also with a zero quota.

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