4-Acetamidobenzenesulfonamide is a metabolite of the herbicide asulam and the sulfonamide antibiotic sulfanilamide .^1,2,3It is formed from asulam by conversion to sulfanilamideviaintestinal microflora, followed by N⁴-acetylation in the liver. 4-Acetamidobenzenesulfonamide inhibits carbonic anhydrase II (CAII), CAIX, and CAXII (K_is = 246, 135, and 49 nM, respectively, for the human enzymes).⁴It has also been used in the synthesis of compounds with antibacterial activity.⁵

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