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Metronidazole

CAS Registry Number®

443-48-1

CAS Name

Metronidazole

Molecular Formula

C6H9N3O3

Molecular Mass

171.15

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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 2024-12-26) (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 °C

  • Density (2)

    1.45 g/cm³

Source(s)

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

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Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers

39322-38-8, 133884-00-1, 2434660-38-3

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