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Phenazone, or phenazon, is an analgesic. It was first synthesised by Ludwig Knorr in 1883. It is formed by reducing diortho-dinitrodiphenyl with sodium amalgam and methyl alcohol, or by heating diphenylene-ortho-dihydrazine with hydrochloric acid to 150 C. It crystallizes in needles which melt at 156 C. Potassium permanganate oxidizes it to pyridazine tetracarboxylic acid.
[edit] Synonyms
Analgesine, Antipyrine, Diméthyloxyquinazine, Oxydiméthylquinazine, Oxydiméthylquinizine, Pyrazoline
[edit] See also
Propyphenazone
[edit] Chimic Class
[edit] Pharmacology
[edit] Adverse effects
- Allergy to pyrazolones
- Nausea
- Agranulocytosis
hepatotoxic