12-01913. Carpronium Chloride [Archived]

Nomenclature

CAS number: 13254-33-6
3-Carboxy-N,N,N-trimethyl-1-propanaminium chloride methyl ester; (3-carboxypropyl)trimethylammonium chloride methyl ester; γ-butyrobetaine chloride methyl ester; methyl N-trimethyl-γ-aminobutyrate chloride; Actinamin (Daiichi).
C8H18ClNO2; mol wt 195.69.
C 49.10%, H 9.27%, Cl 18.12%, N 7.16%, O 16.35%.
[CH3OOCCH2CH2CH2N(CH3)3]+Cl.

Description and references

Prepn: Strack, Frsterling, Ber. 76B, 14 (1943).

Properties

Cube-like, hygroscopic crystals from warm acetone, mp 126°. Very sol in water, methanol, ethanol; sol in acetone. Practically insol in ether.

Therapeutic Category

Cholinergic.

Keywords

Cholinergic

Status

This monograph has been retired and is no longer subject to revision or update.