promazine   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 7281

Synonyms: Sparine®
Approved drug PDB Ligand
promazine is an approved drug (FDA (1956))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Promazine is a phenothiazine antipsychotic. It is generally prescribed alongside newer antipsychotics such as olanzapine and quetiapine.
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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 31.78
Molecular weight 284.13
XLogP 4.3
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES CN(CCCN1c2ccccc2Sc2c1cccc2)C
Isomeric SMILES CN(CCCN1c2ccccc2Sc2c1cccc2)C
InChI InChI=1S/C17H20N2S/c1-18(2)12-7-13-19-14-8-3-5-10-16(14)20-17-11-6-4-9-15(17)19/h3-6,8-11H,7,12-13H2,1-2H3
InChI Key ZGUGWUXLJSTTMA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Bioactivity Comments
We have tagged interactions with the dopamine D2 and D3 as primary drug targets for promazine. Note however that this drug is also proposed to interact with the 5-HT2a receptor, although we have been unable to find affinity data for the human receptor to substantiate this.
Selectivity at GPCRs
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Target Sp. Type Action Value Parameter Concentration range (M) Reference
D3 receptor Primary target of this compound Hs Antagonist Antagonist 6.8 pKi - 1
pKi 6.8 (Ki 1.59x10-7 M) [1]
D2 receptor Primary target of this compound Hs Antagonist Antagonist 6.5 pKi - 1
pKi 6.5 (Ki 3x10-7 M) [1]