Chemistry:Florantyrone

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Short description: Chemical compound
Florantyrone
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FormulaC20H14O3
Molar mass302.329 g·mol−1
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Melting point195 °C (383 °F)
Solubility in watersoluble in methanol, ethanol, sodium carbonate mg/mL (20 °C)
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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]

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. "Postcholecystectomy syndrome". Disease-a-Month 1: 40. September 1959. doi:10.1016/S0011-5029(59)80012-2. PMID 13858508. 
  2. "florantyrone - Compound Summary". PubChem Compound - National Center for Biotechnology Information. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?q=all&cid=10617. Retrieved 15 November 2011.