Mesulfen

{{Short description|Chemical compound}}

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| IUPAC_name = 2,7-Dimethylthianthrene

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| CAS_number = 135-58-0

| ATC_prefix = D10

| ATC_suffix = AB05

| ATC_supplemental = {{ATC|P03|AA03}} {{ATCvet|P53|AA01}}

| PubChem = 67272

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| UNII = EG6V6W7WDD

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| KEGG = D07212

| ChemSpiderID = 580870

| C=14 | H=12 | S=2

| smiles = Cc1ccc2c(c1)Sc3ccc(cc3S2)C

| StdInChI = 1S/C14H12S2/c1-9-3-5-11-13(7-9)15-12-6-4-10(2)8-14(12)16-11/h3-8H,1-2H3

| StdInChIKey = AHXDSVSZEZHDLV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Mesulfen (2,7-dimethylthianthrene) is an anti-acne preparation,{{cite journal | vauthors = Leoni A, Dudine G | title = [Therapy of seborrhea, seborrheic eczema and acne with a soap with a mesulfen base] | journal = Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia | volume = 118 | issue = 2 | pages = XXI-XXIV | year = 1983 | pmid = 6226594 }} as well as a scabicide.{{cite journal | vauthors = Meneghini CL, Vena GA, Angelini G | title = Contact dermatitis to scabicides | journal = Contact Dermatitis | volume = 8 | issue = 4 | pages = 285–6 | date = July 1982 | pmid = 7105702 | doi = 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1982.tb04231.x | s2cid = 40211902 }} It is a dimethyl derivative of thianthrene.{{cn|date=May 2021}}