Somantadine

Somantadine
Clinical data
Other namesPR 741-976; a,a-Dimethyl-1-adamantaneethylamine; [2-(1-Adamantyl)-1,1-dimethylethyl]amine
Identifiers
  • 1-(1-adamantyl)-2-methylpropan-2-amine
CAS Number
PubChem CID
ChemSpider
UNII
ChEMBL
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC14H25N
Molar mass207.361 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • CC(C)(CC12CC3CC(C1)CC(C3)C2)N
  • InChI=1S/C14H25N/c1-13(2,15)9-14-6-10-3-11(7-14)5-12(4-10)8-14/h10-12H,3-9,15H2,1-2H3
  • Key:OWKXRDQRMTVCEX-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Somantadine (INNTooltip International Nonproprietary Name; developmental code name PR 741-976), or somantadine hydrochloride (USANTooltip United States Adopted Name) in the case of the hydrochloride salt, is an experimental antiviral drug of the adamantane family related to amantadine and rimantadine that was never marketed. It was first described by 1978.