Chemical Properties
WHITE TO OFF-WHITE CRYSTALLINE POWDER
Uses
Labelled analogue of Pyrazinecarboxylic Acid, a very potent urate retaining drug. Pyrazinecarboxylic Acid is a metabolite of the antibacterial agent Pyrazinamide (P840600).
Uses
Pyrazinecarboxylic Acid is a very potent urate retaining drug. Pyrazinecarboxylic Acid is a metabolite of the antibacterial agent Pyrazinamide (P840600).
Definition
ChEBI: The parent compound of the class of pyrazinecarboxylic acids, that is pyrazine bearing a single carboxy substituent. The active metabolite of the antitubercular drug pyrazinamide.
Synthesis Reference(s)
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 40, p. 1187, 1975
DOI: 10.1021/jo00896a050
Flammability and Explosibility
Not classified
Purification Methods
It crystallises from water. The methyl ester has m 62o (from pet ether). [Sauville & Spoerri J Am Chem Soc 63 3153 1941, Beilstein 25 III/IV 771.]
