Florantyrone

Florantyrone (INN; also known as fluorantyrone) is a drug used in the treatment of biliary dyskinesia.[1] It is also known as a cholagogue and choleretic.[2]

Florantyrone
Clinical data
ATC code
  • none
Identifiers
IUPAC name
  • 4-fluoranthen-8-yl-4-oxobutanoic acid
CAS Number
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ChEMBL
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ECHA InfoCard100.007.528
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC20H14O3
Molar mass302.329 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
Melting point195 °C (383 °F)
Solubility in watersoluble in methanol, ethanol, sodium carbonate mg/mL (20 °C)
SMILES
  • C1=CC2=C3C(=C1)C4=C(C3=CC=C2)C=C(C=C4)C(=O)CCC(=O)O
InChI
  • InChI=1S/C20H14O3/c21-18(9-10-19(22)23)13-7-8-14-15-5-1-3-12-4-2-6-16(20(12)15)17(14)11-13/h1-8,11H,9-10H2,(H,22,23) N
  • Key:QOBAOSCOLAGPKI-UHFFFAOYSA-N N
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It is manufactured from fluoranthene and succinic anhydride in the presence of aluminum chloride in a nitrobenzene solution. (US PATENT 2,560,425 (1951 To Miles Lab)).

References

  1. McHardy G (September 1959). "Postcholecystectomy syndrome". Disease-a-Month. 1: 40. doi:10.1016/S0011-5029(59)80012-2. PMID 13858508.
  2. "florantyrone - Compound Summary". PubChem Compound - National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 15 November 2011.


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