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29.35 - Sulphonamides. Sulphonarnides have the general formula ( R 1 ~ 0 2 ~ 2where ~ 3 ) RI is an organit radcql of varying complexity having a carbon atom directly attached to the SOa group and R and R are either : hydro en, another atom or an inorganic or or anic radical of varying complexity (including dou le bonds or rings). Many are used in me cine as powerful bactericides. They include, inter alia : % %; (2) o-Sulphamoylbenzoic acid. (4) p-Aminobenzenesulphonamide(H2NC6H4S0,NH2)(sulphanilamide). (6) Sildenafil citrate. (7) Sulphapyridine (INN) orp-arninobenzenesulphonamidopyridine. (8) Sulphadiazine (INN) or p-aminobenzenesulphonamidopyrimidine. (9) Sulphamerazine (INN) or p-aminobenzenesuIphonamidomethylpyrimidine. (10) Sulphathiourea (INN)orp-aminobenzenesulphonarnidothiourea. (11) Sulphathiazole (INN)orp-aminobenzenesulphonamidothiazole. (12) Chlorinated sul honamides whether or not the chIorine atom is directly linked to nitrogen (e.g., sdphonchf'oramides or N-chlorosulphonamides, known as "chloramines"; "chlorothiazide" or 6-chlor0-7-sulphamoylbenzo-1,2,4-thiadiazine1,1-dioxide; 6-chloro-3,4-dihydro7-sulphamoylbenz0-1,2~4-thiadiazine 1,l-&oxide). This heading excludes compounds in which all of the S-N bonds of the sulphonarnide group(s) are part of a ring. They are other heterocyclic compounds (sultams) of heading 29.34. Sub-chapter XI PROVITAMINS, VITAMINS AND HORMONES GENERAL This sub-chapter covers active substances which constitute a complex chemical com osition, essential for the proper development of the anirna and vegetable organism. P of compounds of fairly finoupctioning and harmonious They have mainly a physioIogical action and are used in medicine or industry because of their individual characteristics. In this Sub-chapter, the term "derivatives" refers to chemical com ounds which could be obtained £tom a starting compound of the heading concerned and w ich retain the essential characteristics of the parent compound, including its basic chemical structure. g -
1.- Except where the context otherwise requires, the headings of this Chapter apply only to : (a) Separate chemically defined organic compounds, whether or not containing impurities; (b) Mixtures of two or more isomers of the same organic compound (whether or not containing impurities), except mixtures of acyclic hydrocarbon isomers (other than stereoisomers), whether or not saturated (Chapter 27); (c) The products of headings 29.36 to 29.39 or the sugar ethers, sugar acetals and sugar esters, and their salts, of heading 29.40, or the products of heading 29.41, whether or not chemically defined; (d) The products mentioned in (a), (b) or (c) above dissolved in water; (e) The products mentioned in (a), (b) or (c) above dissolved in other solvents provided that the solution constitutes a normal and necessary method of putting up these products adopted solely for reasons of safety or for transport and that the solvent does not render the product particularly suitable for specific use rather than for general use; (f) The products mentioned in (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) above with an added stabiliser (including an anti- caking agent) necessary for their preservation or transport; (g) The products mentioned in (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) above with an added anti-dusting agent or a colouring or odoriferous substance or an emetic added to facilitate their identification or for safety reasons, provided that the additions do not render the product particularly suitable for specific use rather than for general use; (h) The following products, diluted to standard strengths, for the production of azo dyes : diazonium salts, couplers used for these salts and diazotisable amines and their salts. 2.- This Chapter does not cover : (a) Goods of heading 15.04 or crude glycerol of heading 15.20; (b) Ethyl alcohol (heading 22.07 or 22.08); (c) Methane or propane (heading 27.11); (d) The compounds of carbon mentioned in Note 2 to Chapter 28; (e) Immunological products of heading 30.02; (f) Urea (heading 31.02 or 31.05); (g) Colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin (heading 32.03), synthetic organic colouring matter, synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores (heading 32.04) or dyes or other colouring matter put up in forms or packings for retail sale (heading 32.12); (h) Enzymes (heading 35.07); (ij) Metaldehyde, hexamethylenetetramine or similar substances, put up in forms (for example, tablets, sticks or similar forms) for use as fuels, or liquid or liquefied-gas fuels in containers of a kind used for filling or refilling cigarette or similar lighters and of a capacity not exceeding 300 cm3 (heading 36.06); (k) Products put up as charges for fire-extinguishers or put up in fire-extinguishing grenades, of heading 38.13; ink removers put up in packings for retail sale, of heading 38.24; or (l) Optical elements, for example, of ethylenediamine tartrate (heading 90.01). 3.- Goods which could be included in two or more of the headings of this Chapter are to be classified in that one of those headings which occurs last in numerical order. 4.- In headings 29.04 to 29.06, 29.08 to 29.11 and 29.13 to 29.20, any reference to halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives includes a reference to compound derivatives, such as sulphohalogenated, nitrohalogenated, nitrosulphonated or nitrosulphohalogenated derivatives. Nitro or nitroso groups are not to be taken as “nitrogen-functions” for the purposes of heading 29.29. For the purposes of headings 29.11, 29.12, 29.14, 29.18 and 29.22, “oxygen function”, the characteristic organic oxygen-containing group of those respective headings, is restricted to the oxygen-functions referred to in headings 29.05 to 29.20.