Metronidazole
CAS Registry Number®
443-48-1
CAS Name
MetronidazoleMolecular Formula
C6H9N3O3Molecular Mass
171.15Cite this Page
Metronidazole. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=443-48-1 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 443-48-1). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Melting Point (1)
158-160 °CDensity (2)
1.45 g/cm³
Source(s)
- (1) Hazardous Substances Data Bank data were obtained from the National Library of Medicine (US)
- (2) de Alcantara Sica de Toledo, Lucas; Current Drug Delivery, (2016), 13(7), 1152-1164, CAplus
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C6H9N3O3/c1-5-7-4-6(9(11)12)8(5)2-3-10/h4,10H,2-3H2,1H3
InChIKey
InChIKey=VAOCPAMSLUNLGC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(CO)N1C(N(=O)=O)=CN=C1C
Canonical SMILES
O=N(=O)C1=CN=C(N1CCO)C
Other Names for this Substance
- 1H-Imidazole-1-ethanol, 2-methyl-5-nitro-
- Imidazole-1-ethanol, 2-methyl-5-nitro-
- 2-Methyl-5-nitro-1H-imidazole-1-ethanol
- Bayer 5360
- RP 8823
Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers
39322-38-8, 133884-00-1, 2434660-38-3
