imipramine   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 357

Synonyms: imidobenzyle | Tofranil®
Approved drug PDB Ligand
imipramine is an approved drug (FDA (1959))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Imipramine is a tricyclic antidepressant (TCA).
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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 6.48
Molecular weight 280.19
XLogP 4.03
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES CN(CCCN1c2ccccc2CCc2c1cccc2)C
Isomeric SMILES CN(CCCN1c2ccccc2CCc2c1cccc2)C
InChI InChI=1S/C19H24N2/c1-20(2)14-7-15-21-18-10-5-3-8-16(18)12-13-17-9-4-6-11-19(17)21/h3-6,8-11H,7,12-15H2,1-2H3
InChI Key BCGWQEUPMDMJNV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Selectivity at GPCRs
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Target Sp. Type Action Value Parameter Concentration range (M) Reference
M2 receptor Hs Antagonist Antagonist 6.9 pKi - 3
pKi 6.9 [3]
Selectivity at ion channels
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Target Sp. Type Action Value Parameter Concentration range (M) Reference
Kir3.4 Mm Channel blocker Antagonist 4.5 pEC50 - 2
pEC50 4.5 [2]
Voltage: -70.0 mV
Kv10.1 Hs Channel blocker - 5.7 pIC50 - 1
pIC50 5.7 [1]
Kir3.2 Mm Channel blocker Antagonist 4.3 pIC50 - 2
pIC50 4.3 [2]
Voltage: -70.0 mV
Selectivity at transporters
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Target Sp. Type Action Value Parameter Concentration range (M) Reference
NET Primary target of this compound Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 7.8 pKi -
pKi 7.8 (Ki 1.6x10-8 M)
SERT Primary target of this compound Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 7.7 pKi - 4
pKi 7.7 (Ki 2.03x10-8 M) [4]
Description: Displacement of [3H]citalopram from hSERT.