clorazepate   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 7548

Synonyms: 4306 CB | Tranxene®
Approved drug
clorazepate is an approved drug (FDA (1972))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: The marketed formulation is a racemic mixture of stereo-isomers; R-clorazepate and S-clorazepate. We show the non-isomeric molecule to represent this mixture.
2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 5
Hydrogen bond donors 2
Rotatable bonds 2
Topological polar surface area 78.76
Molecular weight 314.05
XLogP 3.39
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES OC(=O)C1N=C(c2ccccc2)c2c(NC1=O)ccc(c2)Cl
Isomeric SMILES OC(=O)C1N=C(c2ccccc2)c2c(NC1=O)ccc(c2)Cl
InChI InChI=1S/C16H11ClN2O3/c17-10-6-7-12-11(8-10)13(9-4-2-1-3-5-9)19-14(16(21)22)15(20)18-12/h1-8,14H,(H,18,20)(H,21,22)
InChI Key XDDJGVMJFWAHJX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
Used short term to provide symptomatic relief of anxiety (Canada, France, Japan) and to treat alcohol withdrawal (Canada, France).
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Clorazepate is a GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulator, which interacts with the benzodiazepine allosteric site [1].
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