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Calcium DL-Pantothenate can be used for the characterization of carbon-containing aerosolized drugs using laser-?induced breakdown spectroscopy.

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ChEBI: Calcium DL-pantothenate is an organooxygen compound and an organonitrogen compound. It is functionally related to a beta-amino acid.

The salt crystallises as needles from MeOH, EtOH or isoPrOH (with 0.5mol of isoPrOH). It is moderately hygroscopic. The S-benzylisothiuronium salt has m 151-152o (149o when crystallised from Me2CO). [Kagan et al. J Am Chem Soc 79 3545 1957, Wilson et al. J Am Chem Soc 76 5177 1954, Stiller & Wiley J Am Chem Soc 63 1239 1941, Beilstein 4 IV 2569.]