Etilefrine pivalate ; developmental code name K-30052) is a sympathomimetic agent which was never marketed. It is the 3- pivalate

ester In chemistry, an ester is a compound derived from an acid (either organic or inorganic) in which the hydrogen atom (H) of at least one acidic hydroxyl group () of that acid is replaced by an organyl group (R). These compounds contain a distin ...

etilefrine Etilefrine, sold under the brand name Effortil among others, is a sympathomimetic medication used as an antihypotensive agent to treat orthostatic hypotension. It is usually used oral administration, by mouth, but is also available as an injecti ...

(ethylnorphenylephrine) and has much greater

lipophilicity Lipophilicity (from Greek λίπος "fat" and φίλος "friendly") is the ability of a chemical compound to dissolve in fats, oils, lipids, and non-polar solvents such as hexane or toluene. Such compounds are called lipophilic (translated ...

than etilefrine. Some related

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s include

pivenfrine Pivenfrine (), also known as pivalylphenylephrine or phenylephrine pivalate, is a sympathomimetic and mydriatic agent which was never marketed. It is the 3- pivalyl ester of phenylephrine. Pivenfrine has much greater lipophilicity than phenyleph ...

(phenylephrine pivalate) and

dipivefrine Dipivefrine, or dipivefrin, also known as epinephrine pivalate and sold under the brand name Propine among others, is a sympathomimetic medication which is used in the treatment of open-angle glaucoma.Dipivefrin . It is available as a 0.1% o ...

(epinephrine dipivalate), which were developed as mydriatic agents.

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Alpha-1 adrenergic receptor agonists Alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonists Beta-adrenergic agonists Phenylethanolamines Sympathomimetics {{Cardiovascular-drug-stub