Chloramphenicol 56-75-7

Chloramphenicol

CAS: 56-75-7

EINECS: 200-287-4

Assay: 99% min.

Standard: EP/BP/USP

Packing: 25Kg/cardboard drum

MF: C11H12Cl2N2O5

MW: 323.13

Character: White to grey-white crystalline powder. Very bitter taste. Mp 149.7-150.7 ℃. Can be under high vacuum sublimation. Slightly soluble in water (2.5mg/ml, 25 ℃), slightly soluble in propylene glycol (150.8mg/ml), soluble in methanol, ethanol, butanol, ethyl acetate, acetone, insoluble in ether, benzene, petroleum ether, vegetable oil.

Usage: Broad spectrum antibiotic obtained from cultures of the soil bacterium Streptomyces venezuelae. It has a broad spectrum of activity against Gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. Antibacterial; antirickettsial raw material.