title: Structure elucidation of the photolysis and hydrolysis products of tinidazole.
abstract: A labile intermediate in the photolytic rearrangement of the antibacterial drug tinidazole was isolated after photolysis of the drug in acetone. The intermediate was identified through structural studies as 1-[2-(ethylsulphonyl)ethyl]-2-methyl-4-hydroxyimino-5-oxo-im idazole. A second product was identified as N-[2-(ethylsulphonyl)ethyl]-5-methyl-1,2,4-oxadiazole-3-carboxa mid e. A different compound, N-[2-(ethylsulphonyl)ethyl]-oxamide, crystallized in an ethanolic solution of tinidazole exposed for four months on a sunny window sill. Tinidazole was hydrolyzed completely to 2-methyl-5(4)-nitroimidazole when refluxed in 0.1 M NaOH solution, and was converted to 4-nitro isomer when refluxed in water with a catalytic amount of base.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Salomies
mesh_terms: D006868:Hydrolysis; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D010782:Photolysis; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D014011:Tinidazole / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D014011:Tinidazole