clomipramine   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 2398

Synonyms: Anafranil® | G-34586
Approved drug PDB Ligand
clomipramine is an approved drug (FDA (1989))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Clomipramine is a tricyclic antidepressant.
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 2
Hydrogen bond donors 0
Rotatable bonds 4
Topological polar surface area 6.48
Molecular weight 314.15
XLogP 4.65
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES CN(CCCN1c2ccccc2CCc2c1cc(Cl)cc2)C
Isomeric SMILES CN(CCCN1c2ccccc2CCc2c1cc(Cl)cc2)C
InChI InChI=1S/C19H23ClN2/c1-21(2)12-5-13-22-18-7-4-3-6-15(18)8-9-16-10-11-17(20)14-19(16)22/h3-4,6-7,10-11,14H,5,8-9,12-13H2,1-2H3
InChI Key GDLIGKIOYRNHDA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Bioactivity Comments
Clomipramine is one of a number of drugs that are cationic amphiphilic in nature, for which anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity has been identified in drug repurposing screens. Tummino et al. (2021; bioRxiv preprint PMID: 33791693 target="_blank") suggest that this antiviral activity is most likely a result of the drug promoting phospholipidosis via disruption of lipid homeostasis.
Selectivity at GPCRs
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Target Sp. Type Action Value Parameter Concentration range (M) Reference
α1A-adrenoceptor Hs Antagonist Antagonist 8.1 pKi - 2
pKi 8.1 [2]
Selectivity at ion channels
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Target Sp. Type Action Value Parameter Concentration range (M) Reference
Kir3.2 Mm Channel blocker Antagonist 4.4 pIC50 - 1
pIC50 4.4 [1]
Voltage: -70.0 mV
Kir3.4 Mm Channel blocker Antagonist 3.6 pIC50 - 1
pIC50 3.6 [1]
Voltage: -70.0 mV
Selectivity at transporters
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Target Sp. Type Action Value Parameter Concentration range (M) Reference
SERT Primary target of this compound Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 9.6 pKd - 3
pKd 9.6 (Kd 2.8x10-10 M) [3]
NET Primary target of this compound Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 7.4 pKd - 3
pKd 7.4 (Kd 3.8x10-8 M) [3]
DAT Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 5.7 pKd - 3
pKd 5.7 (Kd 2.19x10-6 M) [3]
SERT Primary target of this compound Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 9.7 pKi - 3
pKi 9.7 (Ki 2.1x10-10 M) [3]
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