ibutilide   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 7200

Synonyms: Corvert® | U-70226E
Approved drug
ibutilide is an approved drug (FDA (1995))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Ibutilide is an antiarrhythmic drug.
Marketed formulations may contain ibutilide fumarate (PubChem CID 6437366).
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 5
Hydrogen bond donors 2
Rotatable bonds 14
Topological polar surface area 78.02
Molecular weight 384.24
XLogP 4.6
No. Lipinski's rules broken 1
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES CCCCCCCN(CCCC(c1ccc(cc1)NS(=O)(=O)C)O)CC
Isomeric SMILES CCCCCCCN(CCCC(c1ccc(cc1)NS(=O)(=O)C)O)CC
InChI InChI=1S/C20H36N2O3S/c1-4-6-7-8-9-16-22(5-2)17-10-11-20(23)18-12-14-19(15-13-18)21-26(3,24)25/h12-15,20-21,23H,4-11,16-17H2,1-3H3
InChI Key ALOBUEHUHMBRLE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
Used to correct atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter.
Mechanism Of Action and Pharmacodynamic Effects Click here for help
The primary mechanism of action of ibutilide is to block potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily H member 2 (KCNH2, aka hERG), a potassium channel α subunit responsible for controlling the cardiac action potential. The drug may also have effects on other ion channels. See the DrugBank link for further details.
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