In the title coumarin derivative, C(13)H(12)O(4), the 2H-chromene ring system is essentially planar [maximum deviation = 0.047 (1) Å]. An intra-molecular hydrogen bond is observed between the hy-droxy and the ketonic O atoms. In the crystal, pairs of inter-molecular C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link inversion-related mol-ecules into dimers. Additional inter-molecular C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds further inter-...

This study compares the biliary and urinary metabolic profiles of 1,2-diethyl-3-hydroxypyridin-4-one (CP94), an orally active iron chelator, in the normal rat. Surprisingly, CP94 was found to form two phase II metabolites, the 3-O- and 4-O-glucuronides. These glucuronides accounted for 38 and 28% of the administered CP94 dose, in bile and urine, respectively. Unchanged CP94 accounted for 5% of ...

Five orally effective iron chelators of the 3-hydroxypyridin-4-one series have been administered intraperitoneally to iron-overloaded and nonoverloaded male mice at a dose of 200 mg/kg/24 h for a total of 60 days to investigate the effect on iron loading and toxicity. There was a significant reduction in hepatic iron at the end of the study in the iron-overloaded mice with all compounds studied...