Quaternary Ammonium Compounds
Derivatives of ammonium compounds, NH4+ Y-, in which all four of the hydrogens bonded to nitrogen have been replaced with hydrocarbyl groups. These are distinguished from IMINES which are RN=CR2. A DrugBank category of 59 drugs. 37 of them are approved.
- ATC classification
- Also known as
- Ammonium Compounds, Quaternary
- Drugs
- Acetylcarnitine
- Alcuronium
- Ambenonium
- Benzalkonium
- Benzethonium
- Benzododecinium
- Benzoxonium
- Betaine
- Betaine aldehyde
- Bethanechol
- Bretylium
- Butylscopolamine
- Butyrylthiocholine
- C31G
- Carbamoylcholine
- Cetrimonium
- Cetylpyridinium
- Cetyltrimethylammonium naproxenate
- Chlorisondamine
- Choline
- Choline magnesium trisalicylate
- Choline salicylate
- Citicoline
- Cocamidopropyl betaine
- Decamethonium
What you can answer from here — as of August 24, 2016
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