Nitroimidazole

5-Nitroimidazole[1]
Names
	IUPAC name 5-Nitro-1H-imidazole
Identifiers
CAS Number	3034-38-6 ;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
ChemSpider	10637918 ;
ECHA InfoCard	100.019.296
PubChem CID	18208;
UNII	Y8U32AZ5O7 ;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID9062803 ;
	InChI InChI=1S/C3H3N3O2/c7-6(8)5-2-1-4-3-5/h1-3H Key: KUNMIWQQOPACSS-UHFFFAOYSA-N ; InChI=1/C3H3N3O2/c7-6(8)5-2-1-4-3-5/h1-3H Key: KUNMIWQQOPACSS-UHFFFAOYAV;
	SMILES c1cn(cn1)[N+](=O)[O-];
Properties
Chemical formula	C3H3N3O2
Molar mass	113.076 g·mol−1
Melting point	303 °C (577 °F; 576 K) (decomposes)
Hazards
Main hazards	Xn
R-phrases (outdated)	R20/21/22 R36/37/38
S-phrases (outdated)	S26 S36/37
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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	Infobox references

5-Nitroimidazole is an organic compound with the formula O₂NC₃H₂N₂H. The nitro group at position 5 on the imidazole ring is the most common positional isomer. The term nitroimidazole also refers to a class of antibiotics that share similar chemical structures.[2]

Synthesis

Imidazole undergoes a nitration reaction with a mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid to give 5-nitroimidazole:

C₃H₃N₂H + HNO₃ + H₂SO₄ → O₂NC₃H₂N₂H + H₂O

Nitroimidazole antibiotics

Position numbers on the ring

From the chemistry perspective, nitroimidazole antibiotics can be classified according to the location of the nitro functional group. Structures with names 4- and 5-nitroimidazole are equivalent from the perspective of drugs since these tautomers readily interconvert. Drugs of the 5-nitro variety include metronidazole, tinidazole, nimorazole, dimetridazole, pretomanid, ornidazole, megazol, and azanidazole. Drugs based on 2-nitromidazoles include benznidazole.

Nitroimidazole antibiotics have been used to combat anaerobic bacterial and parasitic infections.[3] Perhaps the most common example is metronidazole. Other heterocycles such as nitrothiazoles (thiazole) are also used for this purpose. Nitroheterocycles may be reductively activated in hypoxic cells, and then undergo redox recycling or decompose to toxic products.[4]

Three nitroimidazole antibiotics: metronidazole, tinidazole, and nimorazole

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References

4-Nitroimidazole at Sigma-Aldrich
Edwards, David I. (1993). "Nitroimidazole drugs-action and resistance mechanisms I. Mechanism of action". Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 31: 9–20. doi:10.1093/jac/31.1.9.
Mital A (2009). "Synthetic Nitroimidazoles: Biological Activities and Mutagenicity Relationships". Sci Pharm. 77 (3): 497–520. doi:10.3797/scipharm.0907-14.
Juchau, MR (1989). "Bioactivation in chemical teratogenesis". Annu. Rev. Pharmacol. Toxicol. 29: 165–167. doi:10.1146/annurev.pa.29.040189.001121. PMID 2658769.

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[1] 4-Nitroimidazole at Sigma-Aldrich

[2] Edwards, David I. (1993). "Nitroimidazole drugs-action and resistance mechanisms I. Mechanism of action". Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 31: 9–20. doi:10.1093/jac/31.1.9.

[Mital2009-3] Mital A (2009). "Synthetic Nitroimidazoles: Biological Activities and Mutagenicity Relationships". Sci Pharm. 77 (3): 497–520. doi:10.3797/scipharm.0907-14.

[4] Juchau, MR (1989). "Bioactivation in chemical teratogenesis". Annu. Rev. Pharmacol. Toxicol. 29: 165–167. doi:10.1146/annurev.pa.29.040189.001121. PMID 2658769.