Tiemonium iodide is an
antimuscarinic. It is poorly absorbed from the gut. The active
moiety
Moiety may refer to:
Chemistry
* Moiety (chemistry), a part or functional group of a molecule
** Moiety conservation, conservation of a subgroup in a chemical species
Anthropology
* Moiety (kinship), either of two groups into which a society is ...
is tiemonium, a
quaternary ammonium cation
In chemistry, quaternary ammonium cations, also known as quats, are positively charged polyatomic ions of the structure , R being an alkyl group or an aryl group. Unlike the ammonium ion () and the primary, secondary, or tertiary ammonium cations ...
.
References
Muscarinic antagonists
Quaternary ammonium compounds
Thiophenes
Morpholines
Iodides
Tertiary alcohols
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