Artenimol

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Artenimol
Systematic (IUPAC) name
(3R,5aS,6R,8aS,9R,10S,12R,12aR)-Decahydro-3,6,9-trimethyl-3,12-epoxy-12H-pyrano(4,3,-j)-1,2-benzodioxepin-10-ol
Identifiers
CAS number 81496-81-3
ATC code P01BE05
PubChem 179336
Chemical data
Formula C15H24O5 
Mol. mass 284.348 g/mol
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Artenimol is an antimalarial drug. It is a semi-synthetic derivative of artemisinin. Its primary use is as an intermediate in the preparation of experimental artemisinin-derived antimalarial drugs.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Soon Hyung Woo, Michael H. Parker, Poonsakdi Ploypradith, John Northrop and Gary H. Posner (1998). "Direct conversion of pyranose anomeric OH→F→R in the artemisinin family of antimalarial trioxanes". Tetrahedron Letters 39 (12): 1533-1536. doi:doi:10.1016/S0040-4039(98)00132-4.