chloramphenicol   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 10901

Synonyms: Brolene® | chloromycetin
Approved drug PDB Ligand
chloramphenicol is an approved drug (FDA (1959))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Chloramphenicol is a semisynthetic, broad-spectrum antibacterial derived from Streptomyces venequelae. Its activity is primarily bacteriostatic.
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 4
Hydrogen bond donors 3
Rotatable bonds 7
Topological polar surface area 112.7
Molecular weight 322.01
XLogP 0.69
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES OC[C@H]([C@@H](c1ccc(cc1)[N+](=O)[O-])O)NC(=O)C(Cl)Cl
Isomeric SMILES OC[C@H]([C@@H](c1ccc(cc1)[N+](=O)[O-])O)NC(=O)C(Cl)Cl
InChI InChI=1S/C11H12Cl2N2O5/c12-10(13)11(18)14-8(5-16)9(17)6-1-3-7(4-2-6)15(19)20/h1-4,8-10,16-17H,5H2,(H,14,18)/t8-,9-/m1/s1
InChI Key WIIZWVCIJKGZOK-RKDXNWHRSA-N
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Compound class Synthetic organic
Approved drug? Yes (FDA (1959))
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IUPAC Name Click here for help
2,2-dichloro-N-[(1R,2R)-1,3-dihydroxy-1-(4-nitrophenyl)propan-2-yl]acetamide
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INN number INN
977 chloramphenicol
Synonyms Click here for help
Brolene® | chloromycetin
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Specialist databases
Antibiotic DB Antibiotic DB Database logo Chloramphenicol
GPCRdb Ligand chloramphenicol
Other databases
BindingDB Ligand 23447
CAS Registry No. 56-75-7 (source: WHO INN record)
ChEMBL Ligand CHEMBL130
DrugBank Ligand DB00446
DrugCentral Ligand 589
GtoPdb PubChem SID 405560342
PubChem CID 5959
RCSB PDB Ligand CLM
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