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Tolazamide

Tolazamide
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Clinical data
AHFS/Drugs.com Monograph
MedlinePlus a682482
License data
Pregnancy
category
  • AU: C
  • US: C (Risk not ruled out)
Routes of
administration
Oral
ATC code
Legal status
Legal status
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability ?
Metabolism metabolized in the liver to active metabolites
Biological half-life 7 hours
Excretion Renal (85%) and fecal (7%)
Identifiers
CAS Number
PubChem CID
IUPHAR/BPS
DrugBank
ChemSpider
UNII
KEGG
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ECHA InfoCard 100.013.262
Chemical and physical data
Formula C14H21N3O3S
Molar mass 311.401 g/mol
3D model (Jmol)
  

Tolazamide is an blood glucose lowering drug used for people with Type 2 diabetes. It is part of the sulfonylurea family (ATC A10BB).

para-Toluenesulfonamide is converted to its carbamate with ethyl chloroformate in the presence of a base. Heating that intermediate with azepane leads to the displacement of the ethoxy group and the formation of tolazemide:



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