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ETHOTOIN

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Product Name:
ETHOTOIN
Synonyms:
  • 1-Ethyl-2,5-dioxo-4-phenylimidazolidine
  • 2,4-Imidazolidinedione, 3-ethyl-5-phenyl-
  • 3-Ethyl-5-phenyl-2,4-imidazolidinedione
  • 3-ethyl-5-phenyl-hydantoi
  • 3-Ethyl-5-Phenylhydantoin
  • 3-Ethyl-5-phenylimidazolidin-2,4-dione
  • AC-695
  • Accenon
CAS:
86-35-1
MF:
C11H12N2O2
MW:
204.23
EINECS:
201-665-1
Mol File:
86-35-1.mol
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ETHOTOIN Chemical Properties

Melting point:
94°C
Boiling point:
342.72°C (rough estimate)
Density 
1.1754 (rough estimate)
refractive index 
1.5200 (estimate)
storage temp. 
Refrigerator
solubility 
Dichloromethane (Slightly), DMSO (Slightly), Methanol (Slightly)
form 
Solid
pka
8.01±0.70(Predicted)
color 
White to Off-White
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Safety Information

Risk Statements 
22
HS Code 
2933210000
Hazardous Substances Data
86-35-1(Hazardous Substances Data)
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ETHOTOIN Usage And Synthesis

Originator

Peganone,Abbott,US,1957

Uses

Ethotoin is less active and less toxic than phenytoin. It is used for the same indications as is phenytoin, i.e. for control of major and complex epileptic attacks.

Uses

Ethotoin is a hydantoin based anticonvulsant drug used in the treatment of epilepsy.

Definition

ChEBI: An imidazolidine-2,4-dione that is hydantoin substituted by ethyl and phenyl at positions 3 and 5, respectively. An antiepileptic, it is less toxic than phenytoin but also less effective.

Manufacturing Process

Benzaldehyde cyanohydrin is reacted with urea to displace the hydroxyl group of the cyanohydrin. That intermediate is treated with HCl to convert the urea nitrogen to a nitrile. The resultant imine is hydrolyzed to the phenylhydantoin. Alkylation with ethyl iodide gives ethotoin, as described by A. Pinner in Chem. Ber. 21, 2325 (1888).

brand name

Peganone (Ovation.

Therapeutic Function

Anticonvulsant

Synthesis

Ethotoin, 3-ethyl-5-phenylimidazolidine-2,4-dione (9.1.5), is synthesized in basically the same manner as described above, which in this case involves the reaction of benzaldehyde oxynitrile (9.1.2), with urea or ammonium hydrocarbonate, which forms the intermediate urea derivative (9.1.3) which on acidic conditions (9.1.3) cyclizes to 5-phenylhydantoin (9.1.4). Alkylation of this product using ethyliodide leads to the formation of ethotoin (9.1.5) [3,4].

Metabolism

Ethotoin differs from phenytoin in that one phenyl substituent at position 5 has been replaced by hydrogen, and the N-H at position 3 is replaced by an ethyl group. It may be indicated for treatment of tonic-clonic and complex partial (psychomotor) seizures. Because it is considered to be less toxic but also less effective and more sedating than phenytoin, ethotoin usually is reserved for use as an add-on drug. Ethotoin does not share phenytoin's profile of antiarrhythmic action. The metabolism of ethotoin, like phenytoin, is saturable and nonlinear. Its administration is contraindicated in patients with hepatic abnormalities and hematologic disorders.

Purification Methods

It is an anticonvulsant and is used in epilepsy. [Dudley et al. J Heterocycl Chem 10 173 1973, Pinner Chem Ber 21 2320 1888, Beilstein 25 III/IV 963, 27 II 860.]

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