1245. 2,5-Bis(1-aziridinyl)-3,6-bis(2-methoxyethoxy)-1,4-benzoquinone

Nomenclature

CAS number: 800-24-8
2,5-Bis(1-aziridinyl)-3,6-bis(2-methoxyethoxy)-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4-dione; Bayer E 39 soluble.
C16H22N2O6; mol wt 338.36.
C 56.79%, H 6.55%, N 8.28%, O 28.37%.

Description and references

Prepn: Gauss, Petersen, Angew. Chem. 69, 252 (1957); GB 793796 (1958 to Bayer). Antineoplastic activity in vitro: M. Akhtar et al., Can. J. Chem. 53, 2891 (1975); J. S. Driscoll et al., J. Pharm. Sci. 68, 185 (1979).

Chemical structure

Properties

Gray needles from petr ether, mp 79-80.5°: Gauss, Petersen, Med. Chem. (Bayer) 7, 649 (1963), C.A. 60, 2875i (1964).