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Benziodarone

Chemical compound

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Benziodarone is a vasodilator.

  • Bufeniode has the same aromatic substitution pattern.
Benziodaron synthesis: U.S. patent 3,012,042
Benziodaron synthesis: U.S. patent 3,012,042
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