Cefapirin

Cefapirin (INN, also spelled cephapirin) is an injectable, first-generation cephalosporin antibiotic. It is marketed under the trade name Cefadyl. Production for use in humans has been discontinued in the United States.[1]

Cefapirin
Clinical data
AHFS/Drugs.comInternational Drug Names
MedlinePlusa601206
Pregnancy
category
  • US: B (No risk in non-human studies)
    Routes of
    administration
    Intravenous, intramuscular
    ATC code
    Legal status
    Legal status
    • US: ℞-only
    Identifiers
    CAS Number
    PubChem CID
    DrugBank
    ChemSpider
    UNII
    KEGG
    ChEBI
    ChEMBL
    CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
    ECHA InfoCard100.040.409
    Chemical and physical data
    FormulaC17H17N3O6S2
    Molar mass423.46 g·mol−1
    3D model (JSmol)
      (verify)

    It also has a role in veterinary medicine as Metricure, an intrauterine preparation, and combined with prednisolone in Mastiplan, an intramammary preparation. Both are licensed in cattle.

    Synthesis

    In one of the syntheses, 7-aminocephalosporanic acid (7-ACA) is reacted with bromoacetyl chloride to give the amide. The halo group is then displaced by 4-thiopyridine.[2]

    References

    1. http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/drugsatfda/index.cfm?fuseaction=Search.Overview&DrugName=CEFADYL
    2. Crast, L. B.; Graham, R. G.; Cheney, L. C. (1973). "Synthesis of cephapirin and related cephalosporins from 7-(.alpha.-bromoacetamido)cephalosporanic acid". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 16 (12): 1413. doi:10.1021/jm00270a025.
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.