pivoxazepam pivoxazepam pivoxazepam is a drug which is a benzodiazepine derivative. it is the pivalate (2,2-dimethylpropanoate) ester of oxazepam. it has sedative and anxiolytic actions like those of other benzodiazepines. compared to its parent drug, oxazepam, pivoxazepam is more rapidly absorbed and slightly more sedative. pivoxazepamidentifiers iupac name (rs)-7-chloro-2-oxo-5-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1h-1,4-benzodiazepin-3-yl pivalate cas number55299-10-0 npubchem cid68722chemspider61972 yuniif4er8z6q3uchemblchembl357440 ychemical and physical dataformulac20h19cln2o3molar mass370.83 g·mol−13d model (jsmol)interactive imagechiralityracemic mixture smiles clc3cc\1c(nc(=o)c(oc(=o)c(c)(c)c)/n=c/1c2ccccc2)cc3 inchi inchi=1s/c20h19cln2o3/c1-20(2,3)19(25)26-18-17(24)22-15-10-9-13(21)11-14(15)16(23-18)12-7-5-4-6-8-12/h4-11,18h,1-3h3,(h,22,24) ykey:ftjlktblzoulcl-uhfffaoysa-n y ny (what is this?) (verify)