Diloxanide
Diloxanide is a medication used to treat amoeba infections. In places where infections are not common, it is a second line treatment after paromomycin when a person has no symptoms. For people who are symptomatic, it is used after treatment with metronidazole or tinidazole. It is taken by mouth.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C14H11Cl2NO4
- Molecular weight
- 328.1 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- [4-[(2,2-dichloroacetyl)-methylamino]phenyl] furan-2-carboxylate
- SMILES
- CN(C1=CC=C(C=C1)OC(=O)C2=CC=CO2)C(=O)C(Cl)Cl
- InChIKey
- BDYYDXJSHYEDGB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 3.4
- Polar surface area
- 59.8 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 4
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
121 papersvia PubMed