Talinolol is a

beta blocker Beta blockers, also spelled β-blockers, are a class of medications that are predominantly used to manage abnormal heart rhythms ( arrhythmia), and to protect the heart from a second heart attack after a first heart attack ( secondary prevention ...

Stereochemistry

Talinolol contains a

stereocenter In stereochemistry, a stereocenter of a molecule is an atom (center), axis or plane that is the focus of stereoisomerism; that is, when having at least three different groups bound to the stereocenter, interchanging any two different groups cr ...

and consists of two

enantiomers In chemistry, an enantiomer (Help:IPA/English, /ɪˈnænti.əmər, ɛ-, -oʊ-/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''ih-NAN-tee-ə-mər''), also known as an optical isomer, antipode, or optical antipode, is one of a pair of molecular entities whi ...

. This is a

racemate In chemistry, a racemic mixture or racemate () is a mixture that has equal amounts (50:50) of left- and right-handed enantiomers of a chiral molecule or salt. Racemic mixtures are rare in nature, but many compounds are produced industrially as r ...

, i.e. a 1: 1 mixture of (''R'')- and the (''S'')-forms:F. v. Bruchhausen, G. Dannhardt, S. Ebel, A. W. Frahm, E. Hackenthal, U. Holzgrabe (Hrsg.):'' Hagers Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis: Band 9: Stoffe P-Z'', Springer Verlag, Berlin, Aufl. 5, 2014, S. 767, .

References

Beta blockers Ureas N-tert-butyl-phenoxypropanolamines Cyclohexyl compounds {{antihypertensive-stub