Diphenadione

Diphenadione

Structural formula of diphenadione
Ball-and-stick model of the diphenadione molecule
Names
IUPAC name 2-(Diphenylacetyl)-1H-indene-1,3(2H)-dione
Other names Diphacinone; Diphenandione
Identifiers
CAS Number	82-66-6 Y
ChEMBL	ChEMBL1413199
ChemSpider	6463
Jmol 3D model	Interactive image
KEGG	D07136 Y
PubChem	6719
UNII	54CA01C6JX Y
InChI InChI=1S/C23H16O3/c24-21-17-13-7-8-14-18(17)22(25)20(21)23(26)19(15-9-3-1-4-10-15)16-11-5-2-6-12-16/h1-14,19-20H Key: JYGLAHSAISAEAL-UHFFFAOYSA-N InChI=1/C23H16O3/c24-21-17-13-7-8-14-18(17)22(25)20(21)23(26)19(15-9-3-1-4-10-15)16-11-5-2-6-12-16/h1-14,19-20H Key: JYGLAHSAISAEAL-UHFFFAOYAR
SMILES O=C2c1ccccc1C(=O)C2C(=O)C(c3ccccc3)c4ccccc4
Properties
Chemical formula	C23H16O3
Molar mass	340.38 g·mol−1
Pharmacology
ATC code	B01AA10
Vapor pressure	{{{value}}}
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

Diphenadione is a vitamin K antagonist that has anticoagulant effects and is used as a rodenticide against rats, mice, voles, ground squirrels and other rodents. The chemical compound is an anti-coagulant with active half-life longer than warfarin and other synthetic indandione anticoagulants.

It is toxic to mammals, in all forms, to all modes of contact, including via skin; exposure and oral ingestion of the toxin may cause irregular heartbeat and major maladies associated with its impact on blood clotting, depending on dose. As a "second-generation" anticoagulant, diphenadione is more toxic than the first generation compounds (e.g., warfarin). For purposes of treating toxicity on exposure, diphenadione is grouped with other vitamin K antagonists (coumarins and indandiones); despite being directed at rodents and being judged as less hazardous to humans and domestic animals than other rodenticides in use (by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), indandione anticoagulants, nevertheless, "may cause human toxicity at a much lower dose than conventional 'first-generation anticoagulants'… and can bioaccumulate in the liver."

Further reading

• An online pesticide database that gives more information about the safety issues associated with use of diphenadione.
• A safety handbook that explains how incidents of poisoning by various rodenticides are treated.