13-07334. Phenosulfazole [Archived]

Nomenclature

CAS number: 515-54-8
4-Hydroxy-N-2-thiazolylbenzenesulfonamide; N-(2-thiazolyl)-1-phenol-4-sulfonamide; Virazene.
C9H8N2O3S2; mol wt 256.30.
C 42.18%, H 3.15%, N 10.93%, O 18.73%, S 25.02%.

Description and references

Refs: Sanders et al., Tex. Rep. Biol. Med. 6, 385 (1948); Chem. Eng. News 26, 2710 (1948); Jungeblut, Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 70, 371 (1949); LoGrippo et al., ibid. 528; Cox et al., ibid. 530; Weil, Warren, ibid. 534; Francis, Brown, ibid. 535.

Chemical structure

Properties

Crystals, insol in water. Forms a water-sol sodium salt.

Therapeutic Category

Formerly in poliomyelitis.

Status

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