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Oxyclozanide

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Oxyclozanide (also known pentaclosamide) as is a salicylanilide anthelmintic. It is used in the treatment and control of fascioliasis in ruminants, mainly domestic animals such as cattle, sheep, and goats. It mainly acts by uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation in flukes.[1] Along with niclosamide, another tapeworm drug, it has been recently found to display "strong in vivo and in vitro activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)".[2]

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Oxyclozanide
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Preferred IUPAC name
2,3,5-Trichloro-N-(3,5-dichloro-2-hydroxyphenyl)-6-hydroxybenzamide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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  • InChI=1S/C13H6Cl5NO3/c14-4-1-6(16)11(20)8(2-4)19-13(22)9-10(18)5(15)3-7(17)12(9)21/h1-3,20-21H,(H,19,22) X markN
    Key: JYWIYHUXVMAGLG-UHFFFAOYSA-N X markN
  • InChI=1/C13H6Cl5NO3/c14-4-1-6(16)11(20)8(2-4)19-13(22)9-10(18)5(15)3-7(17)12(9)21/h1-3,20-21H,(H,19,22)
    Key: JYWIYHUXVMAGLG-UHFFFAOYAW
  • C1=C(C=C(C(=C1Cl)O)NC(=O)C2=C(C(=CC(=C2Cl)Cl)Cl)O)Cl
Properties
C13H6Cl5NO3
Molar mass 401.45 g·mol−1
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QP52AG06 (WHO)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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