The molecule is an aromatic ketone that is propiophenone in which one of the hydrogens alpha- to the carbonyl is substituted by a diethylamino group. A central stimulant and indirect-acting sympathomimetic, it is an appetite depressant and is used as the hydrochloride as an anoretic in the short term management of obesity. It has a role as an appetite depressant. It is a tertiary amine and an aromatic ketone. It derives from a propiophenone.
2-(diethylamino)-1-phenylpropan-1-one