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Guanoclor (
INN
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), also known as guanochlor, is a sympatholytic
A sympatholytic (sympathoplegic) drug is a medication that opposes the downstream effects of postganglionic nerve firing in effector organs innervated by the sympathetic nervous system (SNS). They are indicated for various functions; for example, t ...
drug. It is known to bind to non-adrenergic sites in pig kidney membranes.
Synthesis
When β-(2,6-dichlorophenoxy)ethyl bromide (1) is reacted with hydrazine to give 2, and this is reacted with S-methylthiourea, guanochlor (3) results.Prepn of free base and sulfate: (1963 toPfizer
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), C.A. 60, 14437d (1964).
References
Abandoned drugs Adrenergic release inhibitors Antihypertensive agents Chloroarenes Aminoguanidines Phenol ethers {{Antihypertensive-stub