Ladies and Gentlemen
It has been many years since my undergraduate education and my organic chemistry is somewhat rusty.
The other evening, during the termination of my flight, I discovered that we had approximately 20 of these barrels in our cargo hold, and my interest was peaked! The transportation of chemicals classified by IATA (International Aviation Transport Association) as "dangerous goods" is severely restricted for very good obvious safety reasons.
My question to the ladies and gentlemen of this forum is the following: What exactly is 8-chloro-2-(2-isopropylaminothiazol-4-yl)-7-(2-morpholin-4-yl-ethoxy)quinolin-4-ol? I have attached a picture of the packaging label for your interest.
Can some one provide me with a common name for this chemical, and more importantly some of its physical properties? Is there a MSDS (material safety data sheet) available for this mystery chemical?
In short I would like to determine if this product exhibits characteristics that might prohibit it from being transported by aircraft? The point of origin makes me wonder if the containers we carried on board our aircraft the other evening were perhaps inappropriately labled, and should actually have been classified as a "dangerous good" not permissible for transport by air?
Thank you in advance for your help,
Airline Pilot