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White powder with no smell, bitter taste

Foxil,Sarabhai Chemicals,India

Fluorinated quinolone antibacterial. DNA gyrase antagonist

ChEBI: The hydrochloride salt of lomefloxacin. It is administered by mouth to treat bacterial infections including bronchitis and urinary tract infections. It is also used topically as eye drops for the treatment of bacterial conjunctivitis, and as ear drops for he treatment of otitis externa and otitis media.

A mixture of 1.00 g of 1-ethyl-6,7,8-trifluoro-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3- carboxylic acid, 1.10 g of 2-methylpiperazine and 10 ml of pyridine was heated for 15 minutes under reflux. The reaction mixture was evaporated and methanol was added to the residue. The precipitate was filtered and recrystallized from ethanol to give 0.36 g of the 1-ethyl-6,8-difluoro-1,4- dihydro-7-(3-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid as colorless needles, melting point 239.0-240.5°C.
By the usual manner the hydrochloride was prepared and recrystallized from water as colorless needles, melting point 290-300°C (decomp.).

Maxaquin (Pharmacia).

Antibacterial