zileuton   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 5297

Synonyms: A-64077 | ZYFLO®
Approved drug Immunopharmacology Ligand
zileuton is an approved drug (FDA (1996))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Zileuton is an orally active 5-LOX inhibitor.
The approved drug is a racemic mixture of R(+) and S(-) enantiomers (PubChem CID 10681296 and CID 10220327 respectively), which are both pharmacologically active. The structure shown here does not specify stereochemistry and represents the mixture.
The hepatotoxicity of zileuton is suggested to be due to the N-hydroxyurea group [2].
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 2
Hydrogen bond donors 2
Rotatable bonds 3
Topological polar surface area 94.8
Molecular weight 236.06
XLogP 0.92
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES ON(C(c1cc2c(s1)cccc2)C)C(=O)N
Isomeric SMILES ON(C(c1cc2c(s1)cccc2)C)C(=O)N
InChI InChI=1S/C11H12N2O2S/c1-7(13(15)11(12)14)10-6-8-4-2-3-5-9(8)16-10/h2-7,15H,1H3,(H2,12,14)
InChI Key MWLSOWXNZPKENC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Immunopharmacology Disease
Disease X-Refs Comment References
Asthma Disease Ontology: DOID:2841
OMIM: 600807
5-LOX inhibitor approved to treat asthma.