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Procaine is the original local anesthetic, marketed as Novocaine. Structurally it is an ester between para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) and 2-diethylaminoethanol. Two cuts get you home: undo the ester, then undo the aromatic amine by reducing it back to the nitro compound.

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Cell id: procaine

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