clindamycin   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 10607

Approved drug PDB Ligand Antimalarial Ligand
clindamycin is an approved drug (FDA (1970))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Clindamycin is a semisynthetic lincosamide antibacterial with broad-spectrum activity. The compound also has antimalarial activity.
Clindamycin is one of the key access group antibacterials on the World Health Organization's Model List of Essential Medicines (link provided in the Classification table, under the Summary tab below).

The Malaria tab on this ligand page provides additional curator comments of relevance to the Guide to MALARIA PHARMACOLOGY.
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 7
Hydrogen bond donors 4
Rotatable bonds 8
Topological polar surface area 127.56
Molecular weight 424.18
XLogP 2
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES CCC[C@H]1CN([C@@H](C1)C(=O)N[C@@H]([C@H]1O[C@H](SC)[C@@H]([C@H]([C@H]1O)O)O)[C@@H](Cl)C)C
Isomeric SMILES CCC[C@H]1CN([C@@H](C1)C(=O)N[C@@H]([C@H]1O[C@H](SC)[C@@H]([C@H]([C@H]1O)O)O)[C@@H](Cl)C)C
InChI InChI=1S/C18H33ClN2O5S/c1-5-6-10-7-11(21(3)8-10)17(25)20-12(9(2)19)16-14(23)13(22)15(24)18(26-16)27-4/h9-16,18,22-24H,5-8H2,1-4H3,(H,20,25)/t9-,10+,11-,12+,13-,14+,15+,16+,18+/m0/s1
InChI Key KDLRVYVGXIQJDK-AWPVFWJPSA-N
Classification Click here for help
Compound class Synthetic organic
Ligand families/groups Antimalarial ligands
Approved drug? Yes (FDA (1970))
WHO Essential Medicine WHO Essential Medicines List (EML) (23rd List, 2023). Access PDF version.
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IUPAC Name Click here for help
(2S,4R)-N-[(1S,2S)-2-chloro-1-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methylsulfanyloxan-2-yl]propyl]-1-methyl-4-propylpyrrolidine-2-carboxamide
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INN number INN
2550 clindamycin
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Specialist databases
Antibiotic DB Antibiotic DB Database logo Clindamycin
Other databases
CAS Registry No. 18323-44-9 (source: Scifinder)
ChEBI CHEBI:3745
ChEMBL Ligand CHEMBL1753
DrugBank Ligand DB01190
DrugCentral Ligand 678
GtoPdb PubChem SID 404859054
PubChem CID 446598
RCSB PDB Ligand CLY
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