Diazepam
SIGMA/D0899
Synonym: 7-
CAS Number: 439-14-5
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C16H13ClN2O
Molecular Weight: 284.74
EC Number: 207-122-5
MDL Number: MFCD00057323
Linear Formula: C16H13ClN2O
Product Type: Chemical
| drug control | kontrollierte Droge in Deutschland |
| USDEA Schedule IV; Home Office Schedule 4.1; psychotrope (France); kontrollierte Droge in Deutschland; regulated under CDSA - not available from Sigma-Aldrich Canada; psicótropo (Spain); Decreto Lei 15/93: Tabela IV (Portugal); Pszichotróp anyag / Psychotropic Substance (Hungary), 78/2022. (XII. 28.) BM rendelet | |
| form | powder |
| InChI | 1S/C16H13ClN2O/c1-19-14-8 |
| InChI key | AAOVKJBEBIDNHE-UHFFFAOYSA |
| originator | Roche |
| Quality Level | 200 ![]() |
| SMILES string | CN1C(=O)CN=C(c2ccccc2)c3c |
| solubility | 45% (w/v) aq 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclode |
| DMF: soluble | |
| ethanol: soluble | |
| H2O: slightly soluble |
| Application: | Diazepam has been used: • as an anxiolyte in pilocarpine protocol. • in multi-electrode array (MEA) technology • as a marker for human serum albumin |
| Biochem/physiol Actions: | Anxiolytic; ligand for the GABAA receptor benzodiazepine modulatory site. |
| Biochem/physiol Actions: | Diazepam is a benzodiazepine anxiolytic agent. It serves as a prototype ligand for the GABAA receptor benzodiazepine modulatory site. |
| Biochem/physiol Actions: | Diazepam is often used as a sedative. Its metabolism involves cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2C19 and 3A4. Diazepam has immediate action upon administration. |
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| Features and Benefits: | This compound was developed by Roche . To browse the list of other pharma-developed compounds and Approved Drugs/Drug Candidates, click here . |
| Legal Information: | German Dieses Produkt fällt unter das Betäubungsmittelgesetz (BtMG). Für eine Bestellung dieses Produktes ist eine Erlaubnis nach § 3 BtMG zwingend erforderlich, es sei denn, es greift eine Ausnahme von der Erlaubnispflicht nach § 4 oder § 26 BtMG. English This product is subject to the German Narcotics Act. A permit under Section 3 of the German Narcotics Act is mandatory for ordering this product unless an exemption from the permit requirement under Section 4 or Section 26 of the German Narcotics Act applies. |
| Symbol | ![]() GHS06,GHS09 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H301 + H311 - H410 |
| Precautionary statements | P273 - P280 - P301 + P310 + P330 - P302 + P352 + P312 |
| Hazard Codes | Xn |
| Risk Statements | 21/22 |
| Safety Statements | 36/37 |
| RIDADR | UN 2811 6.1 / PGIII |
| WGK Germany | WGK 2 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| UNSPSC | 12352200 |



