(r)-3-nitrobiphenyline (r)-3-nitrobiphenyline (r)-3-nitrobiphenyline is a drug which acts as an α2-adrenergic agonist, selective for the α2c subtype, as well as being a weak antagonist at the α2a and α2b subtypes. it has been used in scientific research to characterize the binding and functional properties of the α2c subtype. (r)-3-nitrobiphenylineclinical datamedlineplusa682611identifiers iupac name (r)-2--4,5-dihydro-1h-imidazole cas number945618-95-1 ypubchem cid16757089chemspider23288036 ychemblchembl242693 ychemical and physical dataformulac17h17n3o3molar mass311.341 g·mol−13d model (jsmol)interactive image smiles c2ccc((=o)=o)cc2-c1ccccc1oc(c)c3=nccn3 inchi inchi=1s/c17h17n3o3/c1-12(17-18-9-10-19-17)23-16-8-3-2-7-15(16)13-5-4-6-14(11-13)20(21)22/h2-8,11-12h,9-10h2,1h3,(h,18,19)/t12-/m1/s1 ykey:nmsavnxfcxmjjy-gfccvegcsa-n y (verify)