imiloxan imiloxan imiloxan is a drug which is used in scientific research. it acts as a selective antagonist for the α2b adrenergic receptor, and has been useful for distinguishing the actions of the different α2 adrenergic subtypes. imiloxanclinical dataatc codenoneidentifiers iupac name (rs)-2-(2,3-dihydro-1,4-benzodioxin-2-ylmethyl)-1-ethylimidazole cas number81167-16-0 ypubchem cid133621iuphar/bps3470chemspider117866 nuniizj56ps1dwkchemblchembl578481 ncomptox dashboard (epa)dtxsid1045162 chemical and physical dataformulac14h16n2o2molar mass244.294 g·mol−13d model (jsmol)interactive image smiles ccn1c=cn=c1cc2coc3=cc=cc=c3o2 inchi inchi=1s/c14h16n2o2/c1-2-16-8-7-15-14(16)9-11-10-17-12-5-3-4-6-13(12)18-11/h3-8,11h,2,9-10h2,1h3 nkey:uxabarrekcjulm-uhfffaoysa-n n ny (what is this?) (verify) synthesis imiloxan synthesis: the imidazole portion of imiloxan is prepared by the reaction of an imidate with the diethyl acetal of aminoacetaldehyde. n-alkylation of the imidazole with ethyl iodide gives imiloxan.