Title: Mexenone
CAS Registry Number: 1641-17-4
CAS Name: (2-Hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)(4-methylphenyl)methanone
Additional Names: 2-hydroxy-4-methoxy-4ยข-methylbenzophenone; benzophenone-10
Trademarks: Uvistat (Boehringer, Ing.)
Molecular Formula: C15H14O3
Molecular Weight: 242.27
Percent Composition: C 74.36%, H 5.82%, O 19.81%
Literature References: Prepn: Hardy, Forster, US 2773903 (1956 to Am. Cyanamid). Reversed phase HPLC determn: L.-H. Wang, Chromatographia 50, 565 (1999). Clinical evaluation of skin protection efficacy: T. M. MacLeod, W. Frain-Bell, Br. J. Dermatol. 84, 266 (1971).
Therap-Cat: Ultraviolet screen.
Keywords: Ultraviolet Screen. |