WAY-163909

WAY-163909
Identifiers
  • (11R,15R)-7,10-diazatetracyclo[8.5.1.05,16.011,15]hexadeca-1,3,5(16)-triene
CAS Number
PubChem CID
ChemSpider
UNII
ChEMBL
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC14H18N2
Molar mass214.312 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • C1C[C@H]2[C@@H](C1)N3CCNCC4=C3C2=CC=C4
  • InChI=1S/C14H18N2/c1-3-10-9-15-7-8-16-13-6-2-4-11(13)12(5-1)14(10)16/h1,3,5,11,13,15H,2,4,6-9H2/t11-,13-/m1/s1
  • Key:XOSKJKGKWRIMGV-DGCLKSJQSA-N

WAY-163,909 is a drug which acts as a potent and reasonably selective agonist for the serotonin 5-HT2C receptor. It has antipsychotic-like effects in animal models, and has been used to study the role of the 5-HT2C receptor subtype in the action of addictive drugs such as nicotine and methamphetamine.