6272. Moroxydine

Nomenclature

CAS number: 3731-59-7
N-(Aminoiminomethyl)-4-morpholinecarboximidamide; 4-morpholinecarboximidoylguanidine; N1,N1-anhydrobis(β-hydroxyethyl)biguanide; abitilguanide; abitylguanide; ABOB; Virusmin (Sumitomo).
C6H13N5O; mol wt 171.20.
C 42.09%, H 7.65%, N 40.91%, O 9.35%.

Description and references

Prepn: GB 776176 (1957 to AB Kabi). Proposed as influenza suppressant: Melander, Antibiot. Chemother. 10, 39 (1960).

Chemical structure

Derivative

Hydrochloride.

Nomenclature

CAS number: 3160-91-6
Flumidin (Kabi); Virustat (Delagrange).
C6H13N5O.HCl; mol wt 207.66.
C 34.70%, H 6.80%, N 33.73%, O 7.70%, Cl 17.07%.

Properties

Crystals.

Therapeutic Category

Antiviral.

Keywords

Antiviral