Skip to main content
. 2015 Apr 21;13:35. doi: 10.1186/s40201-015-0194-y

Table 1.

Physical and chemical properties of MNZ

Characteristic Metronidazole antibiotic (MNZ)
Molecular structure graphic file with name 40201_2015_194_Figa_HTML.gif
Molecular formula C6H9N3O3
Molecular weight (g/mol) 171.2
Water solubility (g/L) 9.5
pKa 2.55
Melting point (°C) 159-163
KH (mol/dm3.atm) 5.92 × 107
Vp (Pa) 4.07 × 10−7