3349. Dipyrocetyl

Nomenclature

CAS number: 486-79-3
2,3-Bis(acetyloxy)benzoic acid; o-pyrocatechuic acid diacetate; diacetylpyrocatechol-3-carboxylic acid; 2,3-diacetoxybenzoic acid; Movirene.
C11H10O6; mol wt 238.19.
C 55.47%, H 4.23%, O 40.30%.

Description and references

Prepn: Rietz, US 1140716 (1914); Simokoriyama, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 16, 284 (1941).

Chemical structure

Properties

mp 148-150° (Rietz); mp 146-170° (Simokoriyama). Sol in organic solvents. Practically insol in water.

Therapeutic Category

Analgesic, antipyretic.