Phenylbiguanide

Phenylbiguanide
Legal status
Legal status	UN: Unscheduled;
Identifiers
	IUPAC name 1-Phenylbiguanide;
CAS Number	102-02-3;
PubChem CID	4780;
ChemSpider	4616;
UNII	W8PKA3T2I3;
ChEBI	CHEBI:75377;
ChEMBL	CHEMBL13791;
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C8H11N5
Molar mass	177.206
3D model (Jmol)	Interactive image;
Melting point	135–142 °C (275–288 °F)
	SMILES c1ccc(cc1)NC(=N)NC(=N)N ;
	InChI InChI=1S/C8H11N5/c9-7(10)13-8(11)12-6-4-2-1-3-5-6/h1-5H,(H6,9,10,11,12,13) ; Key:CUQCMXFWIMOWRP-UHFFFAOYSA-N ;

Phenylbiguanide (PBG) is a 5-HT3 agonist used to study the role of 5-HT3 receptors in the central nervous system.^[1] It has been found to trigger dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens of rats.^[2]

Derivatives[edit]

^ Higgins, GA; Joharchi, N; Sellers, EM (1993), "Behavioral effects of the 5-hydroxytryptamine3 receptor agonists 1-phenylbiguanide and m-chlorophenylbiguanide in rats.", J Pharmacol Exp Ther, Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 264: 1440–9, PMID 8450478
^ Chen, JP; van Praag, HM; Gardner, EL (1991), "Activation of 5-HT3 receptor by 1-phenylbiguanide increases dopamine release in the rat nucleus accumbens.", Brain Res, Brain Research., 543: 354–7, doi:10.1016/0006-8993(91)90050-6, PMID 1711914

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Legal status

Legal status	UN: Unscheduled
Identifiers
IUPAC name 1-Phenylbiguanide
CAS Number	102-02-3
PubChem CID	4780
ChemSpider	4616
UNII	W8PKA3T2I3
ChEBI	CHEBI:75377
ChEMBL	CHEMBL13791
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C₈H₁₁N₅
Molar mass	177.206
3D model (Jmol)	Interactive image
Melting point	135–142 °C (275–288 °F)
SMILES c1ccc(cc1)NC(=N)NC(=N)N
InChI InChI=1S/C8H11N5/c9-7(10)13-8(11)12-6-4-2-1-3-5-6/h1-5H,(H6,9,10,11,12,13) Key:CUQCMXFWIMOWRP-UHFFFAOYSA-N