Butyrophenone

 ( Aromatic Ketones ) 

Butyrophenone is an organic compound with the formula C₆H₅C(O)C₃H₇. It is a colorless liquid.

The butyrophenone structure—a ketone flanked by a phenyl ring and a butyl group—forms the basis for many other chemicals containing various . Some of these butyrophenones are used to treat various psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, as well as acting as antiemetics.

Examples of butyrophenone-derived pharmaceuticals include:

• Benperidol‡‡ denotes drugs that are no longer (or were never to begin with) marketed in the United States. Some antipsychotics are not firmly placed in either first-generation or second-generation classes. (200 times more potent than chlorpromazine)
• Bromperidol†† indicates drugs that are no longer (or were never) marketed in English-speaking countries.
• Droperidol‡, Antiemetic for postoperative nausea and vomiting
• Haloperidol, the most widely used classical antipsychotic drug in this class
• Lumateperone, an atypical antipsychotic used for schizophrenia and bipolar depression
• Moperone ( discontinued)†
• Pipamperone ( discontinued)†
• Timiperone†
• Lenperone
• Melperone