7216. Phenatine

Nomenclature

CAS number: 139-68-4
N-(1-Methyl-2-phenylethyl)-3-pyridinecarboxamide; N-(α-methylphenethyl)nicotinamide; nicotinic acid β-phenylisopropylamide; nicotinoyl-β-phenylisopropylamine; fenatin; perviton.
C15H16N2O; mol wt 240.30.
C 74.97%, H 6.71%, N 11.66%, O 6.66%.

Description and references

Synthesis from nicotinoyl chloride and C6H5CH2CH(CH3)NH2: Arbuzov et al., Sb. Statei Obshch. Khim. 1, 714 (1953), C.A. 49, 1072 (1955). Pharmacology: Arbuzov, Farmakol. Toksikol. 31, 373 (1968). Analysis: P. P. Suprun, Farm. Zh. (Kiev) 30, 49 (1975); O. N. Shcherbina et al., ibid. 1979, 49.

Chemical structure

Properties

Crystals from benzene, mp 99-100°.

Derivative

Phosphate.
C15H16N2O.2H3PO4; mol wt 436.29.
C 41.29%, H 5.08%, N 6.42%, O 33.00%, P 14.20%.

Properties

Crystals from alcohol + ether, mp 162°. Sol in water, warm alcohol. Insol in ether. Aq solns may be boiled for 3 hrs without decompn.