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benzathine
Sign in to saveAlso known as DBED, N,N'-dibenzylethylenediamine, N,N'-dibenzyl-1,2-ethylenediamine, 1,2-bis(benzylamino)ethane
Benzathine is a diamine used as a component in some medications including benzathine phenoxymethylpenicillin and benzathine benzylpenicillin. It stabilizes penicillins and increases the half-life.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C16H20N2
- Molecular weight
- 240.34 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- N,N'-dibenzylethane-1,2-diamine
- SMILES
- C1=CC=C(C=C1)CNCCNCC2=CC=CC=C2
- InChIKey
- JUHORIMYRDESRB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2.4
- Polar surface area
- 24.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 2
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 240.163
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- canonical SMILES
- C1=CC=C(C=C1)CNCCNCC2=CC=CC=C2
- chemical formula
- C₁₆H₂₀N₂
- melting point
- 24.0
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Benzathine is a diamine used as a component in some medications including benzathine phenoxymethylpenicillin and benzathine benzylpenicillin. It stabilizes penicillins and increases the half-life.
==References==
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