I6138

Idazoxan hydrochloride

• Synonym(s): (±)-2-[1,4-Benzodioxan-2-yl]-2-imidazoline hydrochloride, RX 781094
• Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C₁₁H₁₂N₂O₂ · HCl
• CAS Number: 79944-56-2
• Molecular Weight: 240.69
• MDL number: MFCD00069293
• UNSPSC Code: 12352200
• PubChem Substance ID: 24278493
• NACRES: NA.77

Properties

• Quality Level: 100
• solubility: H₂O: 50 mg/mL
• SMILES string: Cl.C1CN=C(N1)C2COc3ccccc3O2
• InChI: 1S/C11H12N2O2.ClH/c1-2-4-9-8(3-1)14-7-10(15-9)11-12-5-6-13-11;/h1-4,10H,5-7H2,(H,12,13);1H
• InChI key: MYUBYOVCLMEAOH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• Gene Information: human ... ADRA2A(150), ADRA2B(151), ADRA2C(152)

Description

Application

Idazoxan hydrochloride has been used to study the efficacy of antidepressant treatments that interact with multiple neurotransmitter systems.

Biochem/physiol Actions

α2-adrenoceptor antagonist; I2 imidazoline receptor agonist; I1 imidazoline receptor antagonist. Idazoxan can antagonize various behaviors generated by ethanol in a preclinical setting. It possesses neuroprotective activity against spinal cord injury, resulted due to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) in mouse, an animal modal of multiple sclerosis (MS).

Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS06
• signalword: Danger
• hcodes: H301
• pcodes: P301 + P310
• Hazard Classifications: Acute Tox. 3 Oral
• Storage Class: 6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects
• wgk_germany: WGK 3
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable
• ppe: dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves