Chemical Properties
off-white to light yellow or beige crystals,
Uses
D-Isosorbide is used as a reagent in the preparation of detergents, agrochemicals, cleansers, cosmetics and vasodilators. It is also employed as a pharmaceutical intermediate for dimethyl ether and mono- and dinitrate derivatives, which is used as vasodilators and coronary disease therapeutics. It is used in the treatment of hydrocephalus and glaucoma. It finds application as a building block for polymers like polycarbonates and polyesters.
Uses
Isosorbide is a reagent widely used to prepare detergents, cleansers, cosmetics, agrochemicals and vasodilators.
Uses
pharmaceutical intermediate for dimethyl ether and mono- and dinitrate derivatives; the nitrate esters find use as vasodilators and coronary disease therapeutics.
Brand name
Ismotic (Alcon).
Biological Functions
emergency treatment of acute angle-closure glaucoma.
It should not be confused with isosorbide dinitrate, an
antianginal drug.
Flammability and Explosibility
Nonflammable
Clinical Use
Isosorbide is basically a bicyclic form of sorbitol that is used orally to cause a reduction in intraocular pressure in glaucoma cases. Although a diuretic effect is noted, its
ophthalmologic properties are its primary value.
Synthesis
Isosorbide can be obtained by catalytic dehydration of sorbitol, sorbitol can be converted from starch, sucrose, glucose and other renewable resources, and has long been large-scale industrialized production, process maturity, cheap.
