ropinirole   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 7295

Synonyms: Requip® | SK&F-101468-A | SK&F-101468A
Approved drug
ropinirole is an approved drug (FDA (1997), EMA (2006))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Ropinirole is a dopamine agonist. This drug is active at the dopamine-D2 and -D3 receptor subtypes, both centrally and peripherally.
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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 7
Topological polar surface area 35.83
Molecular weight 260.19
XLogP 2.56
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES CCCN(CCC)CCc1cccc2c1CC(=N2)O
Isomeric SMILES CCCN(CCC)CCc1cccc2c1CC(=N2)O
InChI InChI=1S/C16H24N2O/c1-3-9-18(10-4-2)11-8-13-6-5-7-15-14(13)12-16(19)17-15/h5-7H,3-4,8-12H2,1-2H3,(H,17,19)
InChI Key UHSKFQJFRQCDBE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
Used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease and restless legs syndrome (RLS)
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This drug acts as replacement therapy to normalise the low levels of cerebral dopamine which are associated with Parkinson's disease. The exact mechanism by which the drug improves the symptoms of its indicated conditions is not fully understood. See the DrugBank link for further details.
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