Crotamiton

• N-ethyl -o- crotonotoluidin
• N-ethyl- N-(2 -methylphenyl )-2- butenamide
• Eurax

• D04AX
• QP53AX04

Colorless to pale yellow, oily liquid with slight amine odor

0.987 g · cm -3

153-155 ° C

1.54 (20 ° C)

Attention

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Crotamiton is a drug used to treat scabies. It was patented in 1949 as an antipruritic and acts against both the triggering grave mites and the itching.

Production and representation

Crotamiton is represented by the reaction of crotonic N -ethyl-2 -methylaniline.