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Definition of Butyrophenone
1. Noun. (pharmaceutical drug) Any of several pharmaceuticals used to treat psychiatric disorders. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Butyrophenone
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Butyrophenone
1. One of a group of derivatives of 4-phenylbutylamine that have neuroleptic activity; e.g., haloperidol. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Butyrophenone
Literary usage of Butyrophenone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"butyrophenone is known to undergo the Norrish type II elimination, ... In the
present investigation, 0.2 M butyrophenone was irradiated at 2537 A in a ..."
2. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"... butyrophenone, needles from ale., m. 100°; the mother liquors further yield
small amis, of an isomer, thin plates from ale., m. ..."
3. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"... the most commonly used thioxanthenes are chlorprothixene (Taractan) and
thiothixene (Navane); and the most widely used butyrophenone is Haldol. ..."
4. Organic Chemistry by William Henry Perkin (1907)
"... butyrophenone, C6H5-CO-C3H7, &c., are of little importance, but benzophenone,
an aromatic ketone of a different series, may be briefly described. ..."
5. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry ; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds by Victor von Richter (1900)
"These anhydrides are pro- ' l need m the condensation of phthalic anhydride and
fatty acids, when water and carbon 'oxide are eliminated : o-butyrophenone ..."
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