carbachol   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 298

Synonyms: Carbastat® | Carboptic®
Approved drug PDB Ligand
carbachol is an approved drug (FDA (1972))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Carbachol is a cholinergic agonist acting at both muscarinic and nicotinic receptors.
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 3
Hydrogen bond donors 1
Rotatable bonds 4
Topological polar surface area 52.32
Molecular weight 147.11
XLogP -0.97
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES NC(=O)OCC[N+](C)(C)C
Isomeric SMILES NC(=O)OCC[N+](C)(C)C
InChI InChI=1S/C6H14N2O2/c1-8(2,3)4-5-10-6(7)9/h4-5H2,1-3H3,(H-,7,9)/p+1
InChI Key VPJXQGSRWJZDOB-UHFFFAOYSA-O
Selectivity at GPCRs
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Target Sp. Type Action Value Parameter Concentration range (M) Reference
M2 receptor Rn Agonist Full agonist 5.7 pKi - 6
pKi 5.7 [6]
M2 receptor Hs Agonist Full agonist 4.2 – 5.7 pKi - 2,5
pKi 4.2 – 5.7 [2,5]
M5 receptor Hs Agonist Full agonist 4.9 pKi - 1,4,7
pKi 4.9 [1,4,7]
M4 receptor Hs Agonist Full agonist 4.3 – 4.9 pKi - 5,7
pKi 4.3 – 4.9 [5,7]
M1 receptor Hs Agonist Full agonist 3.2 – 5.3 pKi - 3,5,7
pKi 3.2 – 5.3 [3,5,7]
M3 receptor Primary target of this compound Hs Agonist Full agonist 4.0 – 4.4 pKi - 2,5,7
pKi 4.0 – 4.4 [2,5,7]
M3 receptor Rn Agonist Full agonist 4.2 pKi - 2
pKi 4.2 [2]
M1 receptor Rn Agonist Full agonist 3.9 pKi - 2
pKi 3.9 [2]