Sulfanilamide

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Sulfanilamide
Systematic (IUPAC) name
4-aminobenzenesulfonamide
Identifiers
CAS number 63-74-1
ATC code J01EB06 D06BA05
PubChem 5333
DrugBank APRD00438
Chemical data
Formula C6H8N2O2S 
Mol. mass 172.206 g/mol
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Sulfanilamide is a molecule containing the sulfonamide functional group attached to an aniline.

The term "sulfanilamides" is also used to describe a family of molecules containing these functional groups. Examples include:

Gerhard Domark, and Jacques and Therese Trefouel (1935) is generally credited with the discovery of sulfanilamide as a chemotherapeutic agent.

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