Title: Idazoxan
CAS Registry Number: 79944-58-4
CAS Name: 2-(2,3-Dihydro-1,4-benzodioxin-2-yl)-4,5-dihydro-1
H-imidazole
Synonyms: 2-[2-(1,4-benzodioxanyl)]-2-imidazoline
Molecular Formula: C11H12N2O2
Molecular Weight: 204.23
Percent Composition: C 64.69%, H 5.92%, N 13.72%, O 15.67%
Literature References: a2-Adrenergic blocker. Prepn: J. Krapcho, W. A. Lott,
US 2979511 (1961 to Olin Mathieson); and confirmation of structure: C. B. Chapleo, P. L. Myers,
Tetrahedron Lett. 22, 4839 (1981). Structure-activity study: C. B. Chapleo
et al., J. Med. Chem. 26, 823 (1983). Pharmacology: H. Dabiré,
J. Pharmacol. 17, 113 (1986). Clinical evaluation in progressive supranuclear palsy: D. G. Cole, J. H. Growdon,
J. Neural Transm. Suppl. 42, 283 (1994); as adjunct to fluphenazine in schizophrenia: R. E. Litman
et al., Br. J. Psychiatry 168, 571 (1996).
Derivative Type: Hydrochloride
CAS Registry Number: 79944-56-2
Manufacturers' Codes: RX-781094
Molecular Formula: C11H12N2O2.HCl
Molecular Weight: 240.69
Percent Composition: C 54.89%, H 5.44%, N 11.64%, O 13.29%, Cl 14.73%
Properties: White, crystalline solid from isopropanol, mp 207-208°.
Melting point: mp 207-208°
Therap-Cat: Antiparkinsonian.
Keywords: a-Adrenergic Blocker; Antiparkinsonian.