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Nitrofurantoin

VETRANAL®, analytical standard

Synonym(s):

N-(5-Nitro-2-furfurylidene)-1-aminohydantoin, Furadoxyl, Nitrofurantoine

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C8H6N4O5
CAS Number:
67-20-9
Molecular Weight:
238.16
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329757203
EC Number:
200-646-5
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
893207
MDL number:
MFCD00003224
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grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

200

product line

VETRANAL®

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, gas chromatography (GC): suitable

antibiotic activity spectrum

Gram-negative bacteria, Gram-positive bacteria

application(s)

cleaning products
clinical
cosmetics
food and beverages
forensics and toxicology
personal care
pharmaceutical (small molecule)

format

neat

mode of action

DNA synthesis | interferes, cell wall synthesis | interferes, protein synthesis | interferes

SMILES string

[O-][N+](=O)c1ccc(\C=N\N2CC(=O)NC2=O)o1

InChI

1S/C8H6N4O5/c13-6-4-11(8(14)10-6)9-3-5-1-2-7(17-5)12(15)16/h1-3H,4H2,(H,10,13,14)/b9-3+

InChI key

NXFQHRVNIOXGAQ-YCRREMRBSA-N

General description

Nitrofurantoin is an antibiotic which is effective against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. The drug is primarily used to treat urinary tract infections.

Application

Nitrofurantoin has been used as a reference standard for the determination of nitrofurantoin in milk by high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection.
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Legal Information

VETRANAL is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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pictograms

Health hazardExclamation mark
GHS08,GHS07

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Resp. Sens. 1 - Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves

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Certificates of Analysis (COA)

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BCCH4891
BCCD2138
BCBZ5182
BCBT0937V

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Determination of nitrofurantoin in pharmaceutical preparations using flow injection-spectrophotometry.
Had H, et al.
Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Basic and Applied Sciences, 24(1), 74-80 (2017)
T Galeano Díaz et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 764(2), 243-248 (1997-03-14)
A HPLC method with coulometric detection has been established to carry out the separation of the three nitrofuran derivatives, nitrofurantoin, furazolidone and furaltadone. A Nova-Pak C18 column (150 x 3.9 mm) and a Coulochem II detector from ESA have been
Gisele Peirano et al.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 54(3), 1327-1330 (2010-01-06)
Phenotypic and genotypic methods were used to characterize extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli isolated in 2007 from 11 different Canadian medical centers. Of the 209 ESBL-producing E. coli isolates tested, 148 (71%) produced CTX-M-15, 17 (8%) produced CTX-M-14, 5 (2%) produced
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