saripidem saripidem saripidem is a sedative and anxiolytic drug in the imidazopyridine family, which is related to the better known drugs zolpidem and alpidem. saripidemclinical dataatc codenoneidentifiers iupac name n-pyridin-3-yl]methyl]-n-methylbutanamide cas number103844-86-6 npubchem cid3058746chemspider2319846 yunii0j6174g60nchemblchembl73416 ycomptox dashboard (epa)dtxsid60146110 chemical and physical dataformulac19h20cln3omolar mass341.84 g·mol−13d model (jsmol)interactive image smiles o=c(n(c)cc1c(nc2ccccn12)c3ccc(cl)cc3)ccc inchi inchi=1s/c19h20cln3o/c1-3-6-18(24)22(2)13-16-19(14-8-10-15(20)11-9-14)21-17-7-4-5-12-23(16)17/h4-5,7-12h,3,6,13h2,1-2h3 ykey:lifdpeoruvtocp-uhfffaoysa-n y ny (what is this?) (verify) saripidem has a similar pharmacological profile to the benzodiazepine family of drugs including sedative and anxiolytic properties, but its chemical structure is quite different from that of the benzodiazepine drugs, and saripidem is described as a nonbenzodiazepine. the mechanism of action by which saripidem produces its sedative and anxiolytic effects is by modulating the benzodiazepine binding site on gabaa receptors, however unlike many older gabaa agonists, saripidem is highly subtype selective and binds primarily to the ω1 subtype.