
Procainamide
Procainamide is a benzamide that is 4-aminobenzamide substituted on the amide N by a 2-(diethylamino)ethyl group. It is a pharmaceutical antiarrhythmic agent used for the medical treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. It has a role as an anti-arrhythmia drug, a sodium channel blocker and a platelet aggregation inhibitor. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- 4-amino-N-[2-(diethylamino)ethyl]benzamide
- Molecular formula
- C13H21N3O
- Molecular weight
- 235.33 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 235.168462302 Da
- XLogP3
- 0.9
- Topological polar surface area
- 58.4 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 2
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 3
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
Retrieved from NIH PubChem on 2026-09-02 by checksum-valid CAS matching. Chemical properties do not replace the regulatory decision on this page.