| Title:  Bethanechol Chloride CAS Registry Number:  590-63-6 CAS Name:  2-[(Aminocarbonyl)oxy]-N,N,N-trimethyl-1-propanaminium chloride Additional Names:  (2-hydroxypropyl)trimethylammonium chloride carbamate;  2-carbamoyloxypropyltrimethylammonium chloride;  carbamylmethylcholine chloride;  b-methylcholine chloride urethan Trademarks:  Duvoid (Shire);  Myocholine (Glenwood);  Myotonine (Glenwood);  Urecholine (Merck & Co.) Molecular Formula:  C7H17ClN2O2 Molecular Weight:  196.68 Percent Composition:  C 42.75%, H 8.71%, Cl 18.03%, N 14.24%, O 16.27% Literature References:  Prepn:  Dalmer, Diehl, US 1894162 (1933); Major, Bonnett, US 2322375 (1943 to Merck & Co.).  1H-NMR determn in tablets:  G. M. Hanna, C. A. Lau-Cam, J. Assoc. Off. Anal. Chem. 70, 557 (1987).  Clinical trial in postoperative urinary retention:  L. Gottesman et al., Dis. Colon Rectum 32, 867 (1989). Properties:  Hygroscopic crystals, slight amine odor, dec 218-219°. One gram dissolves in 0.6 ml of water, in 12.5 ml of 95% alc.  pH of an 0.5% aq soln 5.5-6.0.  Aq solns may be sterilized by autoclaving at 120° for 20 minutes. Therap-Cat:  Cholinergic; in treatment of urinary retention. Therap-Cat-Vet:  Cholinergic. Keywords:  Cholinergic.  |