C6H6N4O4
198.14 g/mol
APIWarning
Nitrofurazone
CAS59-87-0EC200-443-1
Category
API
Compound Class
Heterocycle
Primary Use
Pharmaceutical Raw Material
Nitrofurazone is an antimicrobial compound of the nitrofuran class, commonly formulated as a topical antibiotic ointment. It is active against a range of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and is also investigated for use in trypanosomiasis.
topical antibiotic active pharmaceutical ingredientantimicrobial raw material for pharmaceutical manufacturingresearch compound for antibacterial and antiparasitic studies
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Referencestereoisomer of
(2E)-2-[(5-Nitrofuran-2-yl)methylidene](¹⁵N₂)hydrazine-1-(¹³C)carboxamide
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research compound
Safety Reference
Warning
H302Harmful if swallowed
H317May cause an allergic skin reaction
Regulatory Compliance1
- California Proposition 65USRegulation
Customs Tariff Classification
The international HS code for Nitrofurazone (CAS 59-87-0) is 2932.19.
HS code (international, 6-digit)
2932.19
EU CN code (8-digit)
2932 19 00
Classification per the EU customs inventory ECICS (2026-07 snapshot, HS 2022). National tariff lines and product form can affect the final classification.
Identifiers
IUPAC Name
[(E)-(5-nitrofuran-2-yl)methylideneamino]urea
InChIKey
IAIWVQXQOWNYOU-FPYGCLRLSA-N
SMILES
C1=C(OC(=C1)[N+](=O)[O-])/C=N/NC(=O)N
Synonyms (145)
- NFS
- NFZ
- U-6421
- Nitrofural (INN)
- Nitrofural for peak identification, European Pharmacopoeia (EP)
- Nitrofural, European Pharmacopoeia (EP)
- Nitrofuralum [INN-Latin]
- Nitrofurazone (USP)
- Nitrofurazone, United States Pharmacopeia (USP)
- (E)-Nitrofurazone
- 5-Nitrofurazone
- 5-Nitrofurfural semicarbazone
- API FURAN-2
- Actin-N
- Acutol
- Aldomycin
- Alfucin
- Amifur
- Babrocid
- Becafurazone
- Biofuracina
- Biofurea
- Chemofuran
- Chixin
- Cocafurin
- Coxistat
- Dermofural
- Dymazone
- Dynazone
- Eldezol
- Eldezol F-6
- Fedacin
- Flavazone
- Fracine
- Fura Ointment
- Fura-Septin Soluble Dressing
- Fura-septin
- Furacilin
- Furacilinum
- Furacillin
- Furacin
- Furacin (TN)
- Furacin-Hc
- Furacine
- Furacinetten
- Furacoccid
- Furacort
- Furacycline
- Furaderm
- Furagent
- Furalcyn
- Furaldon
- Furalone
- Furametral
- Furan-Ofteno
- Furaplast
- Furaseptyl
- Furaskin
- Furatsilin
- Furaziline
- Furazin
- Furazina
- Furazol W
- Furazone
- Furazyme
- Furesol
- Furosem
- Fuvacillin
- Hemofuran
- Ibiofural
- Mammex
- Mastofuran
- Monafuracin
- Monafuracis
- Monofuracin
- NFZ Puffer
- NFZ Wound Dressing
- NITROFURAZONE [MART.]
- Nefco
- Nfz mix
- Nifucin
- Nifurid
- Nifuzon
- Nitrofural
- Nitrofural CRS
- Nitrofuralum
- Nitrofuran
- Nitrofuran (bactericide)
- Nitrofurane
- Nitrofurazan
- Nitrofurazone (Nitrofural)
- Nitrofurazone (Standard)
- Nitrofurazone Dressing
- Nitrofurazone Ointment
- Nitrofurazone Soluble Powder
- Nitrofurazonum
- Nitrofurol
- Nitrozone
- Otofural
- Otofuran
- Rivafurazon
- Sanfuran
- Semikarbazon 5-nitrofurfuralu
- Spray-Dermis
- Spray-Foral
- Usaf ea-4
- Vabrocid
- Vadrocid
- Veterinary nitrofurazone
- Yatrocin
- component of Furacort
- component of Furadex
- component of Furea
- component of Furea (Salt/Mix)
- nitrofurazone