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Decamethonium bromide

crystalline

Synonym(s):

Decamethylene bis(trimethylammonium bromide), Decane-1,10-bis(trimethylammonium bromide)

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Linear Formula:
(CH3)3N(Br)(CH2)10N(Br)(CH3)3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
418.29
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3728288
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352200
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.77

form

crystalline

Quality Level

color

off-white

mp

263-267 °C (lit.)

originator

GlaxoSmithKline

SMILES string

[Br-].[Br-].C[N+](C)(C)CCCCCCCCCC[N+](C)(C)C

InChI

1S/C16H38N2.2BrH/c1-17(2,3)15-13-11-9-7-8-10-12-14-16-18(4,5)6;;/h7-16H2,1-6H3;2*1H/q+2;;/p-2

InChI key

HLXQFVXURMXRPU-UHFFFAOYSA-L

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Application

Decamethonium bromide has been used to induce paralysis in duck embryo.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Decamethonium serves as a muscle relaxant and is also a neuromuscular blocking agent. It has a molecular weight of 258.4.
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor partial agonist and neuromuscular blocking agent; depolarizes striated muscles and blocks their activity.

Features and Benefits

This compound was developed by GlaxoSmithKline. To browse the list of other pharma-developed compounds and Approved Drugs/Drug Candidates, click here.

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type P2 (EN 143) respirator cartridges


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D Bertrand et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 87(5), 1993-1997 (1990-03-01)
Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor of the alpha 4/non-alpha (alpha 4/n alpha) type was reconstituted in Xenopus oocytes after nuclear injection of cDNA expression vectors. Functional neuronal receptor was only formed when the two subunits alpha 4 and n alpha were
Mesenchymal and mechanical mechanisms of secondary cartilage induction
Solem R C, et al.
Developmental Biology, 356(1), 28-39 (2011)
Amina S Woods et al.
Journal of proteome research, 7(8), 3423-3427 (2008-06-27)
We have previously used MALDI mass spectrometry to highlight ammonium- or guanidinium-aromatic interactions via cation-pi bonding and ammonium- or guanidinium-phosphate interactions through salt bridge formation. In the present work, the gas-phase stability and dissociation pathways of the interaction between phosphorylated
L N Lisetski et al.
European biophysics journal : EBJ, 31(7), 554-558 (2003-02-27)
We have studied the action of some membranotropic agents (MTAs) on the parameters of mono- and multilayers of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC). The MTAs used included an antimicrobial drug, decamethoxinum, the model amphiphilic agent stearoyl-L-alpha-alanine, and cholesterol as a reference substance. Using
V A Pashynskaya et al.
Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM, 16(18), 1706-1713 (2002-09-11)
Mechanisms of interaction between the antimicrobial drugs decamethoxinum and aethonium, which are based on bisquaternary ammonium compounds, and a phospholipid component of biological membranes, dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine, were studied by means of liquid secondary ion mass spectrometry (LSIMS) and differential scanning calorimetry

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