White Flash Scaly Crystalline Powder Phenacetin Anti Inflammatory Pain Relieving Drugs CAS 62-44-2

White Flash Scaly Crystalline Powder Phenacetin Anti Inflammatory Pain Relieving Drugs CAS 62-44-2

Basic information

Phenacetin was used as an analgesic and fever-reducing drug in both human and veterinary medicine for many years. It was introduced into therapy in 1887 and was extensively used in analgesic mixtures until it was implicated in kidney disease (nephropathy) due to abuse of analgesics. Phenacetin also was once used as a stabilizer for hydrogen peroxide in hair-bleaching preparations
Product Name: Phenacetin
Synonyms: 1-ACETYL-P-PHENETIDIN;4-ACETOPHENETIDIDE;4-acetophenetidine;4′-ETHOXYACETANILIDE;4-ETHOXYACETANILIDE;ACETOPHENETIDIN;ACETOPHENETIDINE;ACET-P-PHENETIDINE
CAS: 62-44-2
MF: C10H13NO2
MW: 179.22
EINECS: 200-533-0
Product Categories: Other APIs;Organics;Amines;Aromatics;Intermediates & Fine Chemicals;Pharmaceuticals
Mol File: 62-44-2.mol
Phenacetin Structure
Phenacetin Chemical Properties
Melting point 133-136 °C(lit.)
Boiling point 132 °C / 4mmHg
Fp 2℃
storage temp. 2-8°C
form powder
color White
Water Solubility 0.076 g/100 mL
Sensitive Hygroscopic
Merck 14,7204
BRN 1869238
Stability: Stable. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents, strong acids.

2. Descriptions:

Phenacetin is a pain-relieving and fever-reducing drug, widely used from its introduction in 1887 until banned in the US by the FDA in 1983. Its use has declined because of its adverse effects, which include increased risk of certain cancers and kidney damage. It is metabolized into paracetamol, which replaced it in some over-the-counter medications following the ban on phenacetin.

3. Applications:

Phenacetin was widely used until the third quarter of the twentieth century, often in the form of an “A.P.C.” or aspirin-phenacetin-caffeine compound analgesic, as a remedy for fever and pain. An early formulation (1919) was Vincent’s APC in Australia. However the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ordered the withdrawal of drugs containing phenacetin in November 1983, owing to its carcinogenic and kidney-damaging properties (Federal Register of October 5, 1983 (48 FR 45466)).

It was also banned in India.As a result some branded, previously phenacetin-based preparations continued to be sold, but with the phenacetin replaced by safer alternatives. A popular brand of phenacetin was Roche’s Saridon, which was reformulated in 1983 to contain propyphenazone, paracetamol and caffeine. Coricidin was also reformulated without phenacetin. Paracetamol is a metabolite of phenacetin with similar analgesic and antipyretic effects, but the new formulation has not been found to have phenacetin’s carcinogenicity.

Phenacetin is now being used as a cutting agent to adulterate cocaine in the UK and Canada, owing to the similar physical features of the two drugs.Due to low cost phenacetin is used for research into the physical and refractive properties of crystals. It is an ideal compound for this type of research.

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