The molecule is the sodium salt of a benzoic acid having iodo substituents at the 2-, 4- and 6-positions and acetamido substituents at the 3- and 5-positions. It is used, often as a mixture with the meglumine salt, as an X-ray contrast medium in gastrointestinal studies, angiography, and urography. It has a role as a radioopaque medium. It is an organoiodine compound and an organic sodium salt. It contains an amidotrizoic acid anion.
sodium;3,5-diacetamido-2,4,6-triiodobenzoate