
Nitrofurantoin
Nitrofurantoin is an imidazolidine-2,4-dione that is hydantoin substituted at position 1 by a [(5-nitro-2-furyl)methylene]amino group. An antibiotic that damages bacterial DNA. It has a role as an antiinfective agent, an antibacterial drug and a hepatotoxic agent. It is an imidazolidine-2,4-dione, an organonitrogen heterocyclic antibiotic, an organooxygen heterocyclic antibiotic and a nitrofuran antibiotic. It is functionally related to a semicarbazide. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- 1-[(E)-(5-nitrofuran-2-yl)methylideneamino]imidazolidine-2,4-dione
- Molecular formula
- C8H6N4O5
- Molecular weight
- 238.16 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 238.03381930 Da
- XLogP3
- -0.5
- Topological polar surface area
- 121.0 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 1
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 6
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
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