uncas Coden: ACPHEE,
ACTA
PHARMACEUTICA
ISSN 1330-0075,
1/98
PUBLISHED BY — IZDAVAC
CROATIAN PHARMACEUTICAL society
HRVATSKO FARMACEUTSKO DRUSTYO
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Acta Pharm, Vou 88 No.1 pears Zagreb, March 1998‘Acta Pharm, 48 (1998) 31-33 Oro paper
Oxidation and reduction of sulfamethoxazole
MONIKA Long (Oxidation and reduction of sulfamethoxazole (SMX) was
makazne studied under various reaction conditions. Oxidation re-
action by hydrogen peroxide in glacial acetic acid af-
Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry forded the coreesponding nitioso 1 (SMX-NO) os ain
University of Zagreb derivative 2 (SMX-NO;). When the reaction was cate,
10000 Zagreb, Chat lyzed by methylthenium trioxide (MTO) the main prod
uct was azoxy derivative 3 (SMX-AZ), Catalytic hydro.
‘enation of SMX with Pa/BaSO, resulted in amidine 4
(SMOGAD). The compound 4 was also prepared by hy-
210 °C.
IR(KB1): Vinny 3437, 2922, 2852, 1616, 1477, 1405, 1348, 1268, 1177, 1091, 1042, 938, 845,746
Elemental analysis (7): caled. C 4633 H350 N 1621 $ 1237
CagHligNeOrS (51852) found 46.17 3.34 15.89 1232
THINMR (DMSO-