4887. Idazoxan
Nomenclature
CAS number: 79944-58-4
2-(2,3-Dihydro-1,4-benzodioxin-2-yl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole; 2-[2-(1,4-benzodioxanyl)]-2-imidazoline. C11H12N2O2; mol wt 204.23.
C 64.69%, H 5.92%, N 13.72%, O 15.67%.
Description and references
α2-Adrenergic blocker. Prepn: J. Krapcho, W. A. Lott, US 2979511 (1961 to Olin Mathieson); and confirmation of structure: C. B. Chapleo, P. L. Myers, Tetrahedron Lett. 22, 4839 (1981). Structure-activity study: C. B. Chapleo et al., J. Med. Chem. 26, 823 (1983). Pharmacology: H. Dabiré, J. Pharmacol. 17, 113 (1986). Clinical evaluation in progressive supranuclear palsy: D. G. Cole, J. H. Growdon, J. Neural Transm. Suppl. 42, 283 (1994); as adjunct to fluphenazine in schizophrenia: R. E. Litman et al., Br. J. Psychiatry 168, 571 (1996).
Derivative
Hydrochloride.Nomenclature
CAS number: 79944-56-2
RX-781094. C11H12N2O2.HCl; mol wt 240.69.
C 54.89%, H 5.44%, N 11.64%, O 13.29%, Cl 14.73%.
Properties
White, crystalline solid from isopropanol, mp 207-208°.Therapeutic Category
Antiparkinsonian.
Keywords
α-Adrenergic Blocker; Antiparkinsonian