13-07478. Picadex [Archived]

Nomenclature

CAS number: 99-00-3
1-Piperazinecarbodithioic acid; 1-piperazinecarbodithioic acid betaine; 1-piperazinecarbodithioic acid inner salt; piperazine carbon disulfide complex; piperazine dithiocarbamate; Choisine (Rhne-Poulenc); Elmifarma (Farmitalia); Parvex (Upjohn); Safersan.
C5H10N2S2; mol wt 162.28.
C 37.01%, H 6.21%, N 17.26%, S 39.52%.

Description and references

Prepn: Schmidt, Wichmann, Ber. 24, 3237 (1891); Herz, ibid. 30, 1584 (1897). As anthelmintic: Leiper, Watkins, US 2814583 (1957 to Boots Pure Drug).

Chemical structure

Properties

Melting pt depends on method of determination: in an open-end capillary tube in a heating bath‐sublimes 225-228°; in a sealed capillary decomp 235°. Practically insol in ether, benzene, chloroform, water.

Therapeutic Category (Veterinary)

Anthelmintic.

Status

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