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Chlormethine hydrochloride

CAS: 55-86-7 F: C5H12Cl3N W: 192.51

Chlormethine hydrochloride is a vesicant and necrotizing irritant destructive to mucous membranes. The hydrochloride is
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Bioactivity Chlormethine hydrochloride is a vesicant and necrotizing irritant destructive to mucous membranes. The hydrochloride is used as an antineoplastic in Hodgkin's disease and lymphomas. Target: Chlormethine is a nitrogen mustard . It is the prototype of alkylating agents, a group of anticancer chemotherapeutic drugs. It works by binding to DNA, crosslinking two strands and preventing cell duplication. It binds to the N7 nitrogen on the DNA base guanine.
Name Chlormethine hydrochloride
CAS 55-86-7
Formula C5H12Cl3N
Molar Mass 192.51
Appearance Solid
Transport Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere.
Storage

4°C, sealed storage, away from moisture

*In solvent : -80°C, 6 months; -20°C, 1 month (sealed storage, away from moisture)

Reference [1]. Cao Z, et al. Effect of brentuximab vedotin combined with chlormethine hydrochloride on the treatment of 6 patients with relapsed and refractory Hodgkin lymphoma. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi. 2015 Jul 14;36(7):575-577.