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Photolytic degradation of α-[(dibutylamino)methyl]-6,8-dichloro-2-(3′,4′-dichlorophenyl)-4-quinoline methanol: An experimental antimalarial

✍ Scribed by H. Okada; V. Stella; J. Haslam; N. Yata


Book ID
102408673
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1975
Tongue
English
Weight
315 KB
Volume
64
Category
Article
ISSN
0022-3549

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✦ Synopsis


A study of the effects of various storage conditions on the rate and products of degradation of the quinoline methanol antimalarial agent, alpha-[(dibutylamino)methyl]-6,8-dichloro-2-(3',4'-dichlorophenyl)-4-quinoline methanol, was undertaken. The degradation was followed by high-pressure liquid chromatography and TLC in oxygenated and deoxygenated methanol, ethanol, chloroform, and chloroform-heptane mixtures under UV and laboratory fluorescent lighting irradiation, as well as in the absence of light. The kinetics of degradation confirmed the major catalyzing factor to be UV irradiation. The compound was stable in the absence of light and reasonably stable under fluorescent lighting both in the presence and absence of oxygen. The degradation resulted in a major product, 6,8-dichloro-2-(3',4'-dichlorophenyl)-4-quinoline-carboxaldehyde, whose structure was confirmed by elemental analysis and IR, NMR, and mass spectral data.