5918. Mesulfen

Nomenclature

CAS number: 135-58-0
2,7-Dimethylthianthrene; 2,6-dimethylthianthrene; 2,6-dimethyldiphenylene disulfide; mesulphen; Mitigal; Odylen (Winthrop); Sudermo; Peligal; Neosulfine.
C14H12S2; mol wt 244.38.
C 68.81%, H 4.95%, S 26.24%.

Description and references

Prepn: Cohen, Skirrow, J. Chem. Soc. 75, 890 (1899); Barber, Smiles, ibid. 1928, 1149; Rumpf, Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr. 7, 632 (1940).

Chemical structure

Properties

Needles from acetic acid, ethyl acetate, or alcohol, mp 123°. bp3 184°; bp14 228-231°. Freely sol in acetone, chloroform, ether, petr ether; moderately sol in abs alcohol, ethyl acetate; practically insol in water.

Therapeutic Category

Scabicide, antipruritic.

Therapeutic Category (Veterinary)

Scabicide, antipruritic.

Keywords

Antipruritic; Ectoparasiticide