Chlormezanone

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Chlormezanone
Skeletal formula of chlormezanone
Space-filling model of the chlormezanone molecule
Clinical data
AHFS/Drugs.comInternational Drug Names
Routes of
administration
Oral
ATC code
Legal status
Legal status
  • In general: ℞ (Prescription only)
Pharmacokinetic data
Elimination half-life40.5 hours
Identifiers
  • 2-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-methyl-1,1-dioxo-1,3-thiazinan-4-one
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Chlormezanone (marketed under the

brandname Trancopal or Fenaprim) is a drug used as an anxiolytic and a muscle relaxant.[1]

Its use was discontinued in many countries in 1996 due to rare but serious cases of toxic epidermal necrolysis.[2]

Synthesis

Chlormezanone synthesis[3][4]

References

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  3. ^ US 3082209, Surrey AR, "4-metathiazanone derivatives and their preparation", issued 1958, assigned to Sterling Drug Inc. 
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