azathioprine   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 7120

Synonyms: Azasan® | BW-57-322 | Imuran® | Jayempi®
Approved drug Immunopharmacology Ligand
azathioprine is an approved drug (FDA (1968), EMA (2021))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Azathioprine is an immunosuppressive antimetabolite. The active drug is believed to be mercaptopurine.
Marketed formulations may contain azathioprine sodium (PubChem CID 23678403).
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 4
Hydrogen bond donors 1
Rotatable bonds 3
Topological polar surface area 143.4
Molecular weight 277.04
XLogP 0.67
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES Cn1cnc(c1Sc1ncnc2c1nc[nH]2)N(=O)=O
Isomeric SMILES Cn1cnc(c1Sc1ncnc2c1nc[nH]2)N(=O)=O
InChI InChI=1S/C9H7N7O2S/c1-15-4-14-7(16(17)18)9(15)19-8-5-6(11-2-10-5)12-3-13-8/h2-4H,1H3,(H,10,11,12,13)
InChI Key LMEKQMALGUDUQG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Compound class Synthetic organic
Approved drug? Yes (FDA (1968), EMA (2021))
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Is prodrug? Yes
Active form mercaptopurine
IUPAC Name Click here for help
6-[(1-methyl-4-nitro-1H-imidazol-5-yl)sulfanyl]-9H-purine
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INN number INN
1291 azathioprine
Synonyms Click here for help
Azasan® | BW-57-322 | Imuran® | Jayempi®
Database Links Click here for help
BitterDB Ligand 56
CAS Registry No. 446-86-6
ChEMBL Ligand CHEMBL1542
DrugBank Ligand DB00993
DrugCentral Ligand 269
GtoPdb PubChem SID 178103697
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PubChem CID 2265
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