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Preferred IUPAC name N-[2-(Diethylamino)ethyl]-4-(methanesulfonamido)benzamide | |
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MeSH | Sematilide |
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C14H23N3O3S | |
Molar mass | 313.42 g/mol |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). |
Sematilide is an antiarrhythmic agent. It is the same structure as for procainamide, differing only by the placement of a mesyl sulfonamide moiety to the anilino nitrogen.
Sematilide can be synthesized from benzocaine (1). [1] [2] Reaction with mesyl chloride, followed by saponification and removal of the water from the reaction mixture, gives sodium 4-[(methylsulfonyl)amino]benzoate (2). Chlorination with thionyl chloride gives 4-[(methylsulfonyl)amino]benzoyl chloride. Amide formation with N,N-diethylethylenediamine (3) then concludes the synthesis of sematilide (4).