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| Routes of administration | Intravenous,intramuscular |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.040.409 |
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| Formula | C17H17N3O6S2 |
| Molar mass | 423.46 g·mol−1 |
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Cefapirin (INN, also spelledcephapirin) is an injectable, first-generationcephalosporinantibiotic. It is marketed under the trade name Cefadyl. Production for use in humans has been discontinued in the United States.[1]
It also has a role inveterinary medicine as Metricure, an intrauterine preparation, and combined withprednisolone in Mastiplan, an intramammary preparation. Both are licensed incattle.[citation needed]
In one of the syntheses,7-aminocephalosporanic acid (7-ACA) is reacted with bromoacetyl chloride to give the amide. The halo group is then displaced by 4-thiopyridine.[2]
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