Nomenclature
CAS number: 3344-16-9
N,N′-Bis(dehydroabietyl)ethylenediamine dipenicillin
G; benzylpenicillinic acid
N,N′-bis(dehydroabietyl)ethylenediamine
double salt; hydrabamine penicillin G.
C
74H
100N
6O
8S
2; mol wt 1265.75.
C 70.22%, H 7.96%, N 6.64%, O 10.11%, S 5.07%.
Description and references
Semi-synthetic antibiotic. Prepn: L. C. Cheney, US 2812325 (1957). Pharmacology: D. W. MacCorquodale et al., Antibiot. Annu. 1954-1955, 133; M. H. Lepper, H. W. Spies, ibid. 137; A. F. DeRose et al., Antibiot.
Chemother. 5, 315, 324 (1955). Purification:
A. F. DeRose, US 2812326 (1957 to Abbott).
Properties
Tasteless crystals from dil methanol, dec 171-173°.
[α]D25 +115.3° (c = 10 in chloroform). Solubilities determined
by P. J. Weiss et al., Antibiot.
Chemother. 7, 374 (1957) in mg/ml at about
28°: Water 0.075; methanol 7.3; ethanol 5.2; isopropanol 1.7; isoamyl
alcohol 3.1; cyclohexane 0.115; benzene 0.60; toluene 0.39; petr ether
0.0; isooctane 0.055; carbon tetrachloride 0.50; ethyl acetate 1.65;
isoamyl acetate 1.4; acetone 3.4; methyl ethyl ketone 3.65; ether
0.70.Therapeutic Category
Antibacterial.
Keywords
Antibacterial (Antibiotics); β-Lactams; Penicillins
Status
This monograph has been retired and is no longer subject
to revision or update.