4107. Florantyrone

Nomenclature

CAS number: 519-95-9
γ-Oxo-8-fluoranthenebutanoic acid; β-(8-fluoranthoyl)propionic acid; Zanchol (Searle).
C20H14O3; mol wt 302.32.
C 79.46%, H 4.67%, O 15.88%.

Description and references

Prepn: R. R. Burtner, US 2773091 (1956 to Searle). See also: O. E. Fancher, US 2560425 (1951 to Miles Labs).

Chemical structure

Properties

Lemon yellow crystals from acetic acid, mp ≈208°. Soluble in methanol, ethanol, aq solns of sodium carbonate.

Therapeutic Category

Choleretic.

Keywords

Choleretic