2-Amino-5-Nitrobenzophenone. 2-Amino-5-Nitrobenzophenone, an essential precursor for the synthesis of Nitrazepam, is only offered by Aldrich, the treason-DEA-company. Nitrazepam belongs to a group of medicines called benzodiazepines. It acts on benzodiazepine receptors in the brain which are associated with. Synthesis Reference: synthesis of metal complexes of nitrazepam and screening of their biocidal activities. Oriental Journal of Chemistry Vol. 25(2), 417-420 (2009) This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work Sigma-Aldrich offers Sigma-N3889, Nitrazepam for your research needs. Find product specific information including CAS, MSDS, protocols and references. A commercial synthesis of nitrazepam has been developed based on the interaction of 2-chloro-5-nitrobenzophenone with ethylenediamine and the subsequent oxidation of. Nitrazepam is a hypnotic drug of the benzodiazepine class. Synthesis. Reaction of 2-amino-5-nitrobenzophenone (1) with bromoacetyl bromide forms the amide 2. 2-Amino-5-Nitrobenzophenone. 2-Amino-5-Nitrobenzophenone, an essential precursor for the synthesis of Nitrazepam, is only offered by Aldrich, the treason-DEA-company. Nitrazepam (marketed under the trade names Mogadon, Alodorm, Hypnotex, Remnos, Pacisyn, Eunoctin and Pelson) is a type of benzodiazepine drug. It is a powerful. drug synthesis methods and manufacturing technology commercial synthesis of nitrazepam via interaction of 2-chloro-5-nitrobenzophenone with ethylenediamine.