mebutamate mebutamate mebutamate (capla, dormate) is an anxiolytic and sedative drug with antihypertensive effects of the carbamate class. it has effects comparable to those of barbiturates such as secobarbital, but is only around 1/3 the potency of secobarbital as a sedative. side effects include dizziness and headaches. mebutamateclinical dataatc coden05bc04 (who) legal statuslegal status us: schedule iv identifiers iupac name 2-sec-butyl-2-methylpropane-1,3-diyl dicarbamate cas number64-55-1 npubchem cid6151chemspider5919 nunii5h8f175rerkeggd01807 ychemblchembl1200922 ncomptox dashboard (epa)dtxsid1023239 echa infocard100.000.534 chemical and physical dataformulac10h20n2o4molar mass232.280 g·mol−13d model (jsmol)interactive image smiles ccc(c)c(c)(coc(=o)n)coc(=o)n inchi inchi=1s/c10h20n2o4/c1-4-7(2)10(3,5-15-8(11)13)6-16-9(12)14/h7h,4-6h2,1-3h3,(h2,11,13)(h2,12,14) nkey:lerotmjvbfsimp-uhfffaoysa-n n ny (what is this?) (verify) mebutamate is one of many gabaergic drugs which act via allosteric agonism of the gabaa receptor at the β-subreceptor similar to barbiturates. in contrast, benzodiazepines act at the α-subreceptor. as such, carbamates and barbiturates, possess analgesic properties while the benzodiazepine class of drugs are strictly psychoactive. other carbamates with the same mechanism of action and pharmacological properties include meprobamate, carisoprodol, felbamate, and tybamate. synthesis mebutamate synthesis: berger, ludwig, u.s. patent 2,878,280 (1959 to carter prod.). structural analogs lorbamate carisoprodol pentabamate mebutamate meprobamate felbamate tybamate