9653. Triclobisonium Chloride

Nomenclature

CAS number: 79-90-3
N,N,N′,N′-Tetramethyl-N,N′-bis[1-methyl-3-(2,2,6-trimethylcyclohexyl)propyl]-1,6-hexanediaminium dichloride; hexamethylenebis[dimethyl[1-methyl-3-(2,2,6-trimethylcyclohexyl)propyl]ammonium chloride]; N,N′-bis[1-methyl-3-(2,2,6-trimethylcyclohexyl)propyl]-N,N′-dimethyl-1,6-hexanediamine bis(methochloride); Ro-5-0810/1; Triburon (Roche).
C36H74Cl2N2; mol wt 605.89.
C 71.36%, H 12.31%, Cl 11.70%, N 4.62%.

Description and references

Obtained as the hemihydrate. Prepn: Goldberg, Teitel, US 3064052 (1962 to Hoffmann-La Roche). Clinical application: Edelson et al., Antibiot. Annu. 1958-1959, 110; Robinson, Harmon, ibid. 113. Comprehensive description: B. C. Rudy, B. Z. Senkowski, Anal. Profiles Drug Subs. 2, 507-521 (1973).

Chemical structure

Properties

White cryst powder, mp 243-253° (dec). Sol in water, chloroform, alcohol.

Therapeutic Category

Antiseptic.

Keywords

Antiseptic/Disinfectant; Quaternary Ammonium Compounds