remifentanil   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 7292

Synonyms: GI-87084B | Ultiva®
Approved drug
remifentanil is an approved drug (FDA (1996))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Remifentanil is a synthetic opioid analgesic drug.
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 7
Hydrogen bond donors 0
Rotatable bonds 10
Topological polar surface area 76.15
Molecular weight 376.2
XLogP 1.38
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES COC(=O)C1(CCN(CC1)CCC(=O)OC)N(c1ccccc1)C(=O)CC
Isomeric SMILES COC(=O)C1(CCN(CC1)CCC(=O)OC)N(c1ccccc1)C(=O)CC
InChI InChI=1S/C20H28N2O5/c1-4-17(23)22(16-8-6-5-7-9-16)20(19(25)27-3)11-14-21(15-12-20)13-10-18(24)26-2/h5-9H,4,10-15H2,1-3H3
InChI Key ZTVQQQVZCWLTDF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
May be combined with other medications to induce/maintain general anesthesia and to provide analgesia in mechanically ventilated intensive care patients.
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Agonist activity at the opioid receptors in the central nervous system (CNS) causes hyperpolarization and reduced neuronal excitability by various mechanisms. See the DrugBank link for further details.
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