Acedapsone
Acedapsone (INN) is an antimicrobial drug, which also has antimalarial activity.
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| Trade names | Rodilone Hansolar |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.000.936 |
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| Formula | C16H16N2O4S |
| Molar mass | 332.37 g·mol−1 |
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| Melting point | 290 °C (554 °F) |
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Acedapsone is the INN for diacetyldapsone. It was synthesized and developed in 1937 by Ernest Fourneau and his team in the pharmaceutical chemistry laboratory of Pasteur Institute,[1] and it was marketed as Rodilone by the Rhône-Poulenc company.[2]
It is a long-acting prodrug of dapsone. It is used for treating leprosy.[3]
It crystallises as pale yellow needles from diethyl ether, and as leaflets from dilute ethanol. It is slightly soluble in water.
Synthesis
Acedapsone is conveniently prepared by acetylation of dapsone.
References
- Fourneau E, Tréfouël J, Nitti F, Bovet D (July 1937). "Chimiothérapie de l'infection pneumococcique par la di-(p-acétylaminophényl)-sulfone (1399 F)". Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. (in French). 205: 299.
- Fourneau JP (1987). "Ernest Fourneau, fondateur de la chimie thérapeutique française: feuillets d'album". Revue d'Histoire de la Pharmacie. (in French). 75 (275): 335–55. doi:10.3406/pharm.1987.2904.
- Shaw IN, Christian M, Jesudasan K, Kurian N, Rao GS (June 2003). "Effectiveness of multidrug therapy in multibacillary leprosy: a long-term follow-up of 34 multibacillary leprosy patients treated with multidrug regimens till skin smear negativity". Leprosy Review. 74 (2): 141–7. doi:10.47276/lr.74.2.141. PMID 12862255.
- Elslager EF, Gavrilis ZB, Phillips AA, Worth DF (May 1969). "Repository drugs. IV. 4',4'''-Sulfonylbisacetanilide (Acedapsone, DADDS) and related sulfanilylanilides with prolonged antimalarial and antileprotic action". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 12 (3): 357–63. doi:10.1021/jm00303a003. PMID 4892242.
- Raiziss GW, Clemence LW, Severac M, Moetsch JC (1939). "Chemistry and Chemotherapy of 4,4′-Diaminodiphenylsulfone, 4-Amino-4′-hydroxy-diphenylsulfone and Related Compounds". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 61 (10): 2763–2765. doi:10.1021/ja01265a060.
- Fromm E, Wittmann J (1908). "Derivate desp-Nitrothiophenols". Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft. 41 (2): 2264–2273. doi:10.1002/cber.190804102131.
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