tetracycline   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 10927

Synonyms: Achromycin® | Ala-Tet® | Brodspec® | NSC-108579 | Panmycin® | Sumycin® | TCN
Approved drug
tetracycline is an approved drug (FDA (1953), UK (2001))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Tetracycline is a long-used oral antibacterial. It has broad spectrum activity against aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, both Gram-negative and Gram-positive. Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Proteus spp. have natural resistance to tetracyclines. Acquired resistance to tetracycline is now commonplace.
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 9
Hydrogen bond donors 6
Rotatable bonds 2
Topological polar surface area 181.62
Molecular weight 444.15
XLogP 0.26
No. Lipinski's rules broken 1
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES CN([C@@H]1C(=O)C(=C([C@@]2([C@H]1C[C@H]1C(=C(O)c3c([C@@]1(C)O)cccc3O)C2=O)O)O)C(=O)N)C
Isomeric SMILES CN([C@@H]1C(=O)C(=C([C@@]2([C@H]1C[C@H]1C(=C(O)c3c([C@@]1(C)O)cccc3O)C2=O)O)O)C(=O)N)C
InChI InChI=1S/C22H24N2O8/c1-21(31)8-5-4-6-11(25)12(8)16(26)13-9(21)7-10-15(24(2)3)17(27)14(20(23)30)19(29)22(10,32)18(13)28/h4-6,9-10,15,25-26,29,31-32H,7H2,1-3H3,(H2,23,30)/t9-,10-,15-,21+,22-/m0/s1
InChI Key NWXMGUDVXFXRIG-WESIUVDSSA-N
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Compound class Synthetic organic
Approved drug? Yes (FDA (1953), UK (2001))
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Prodrug rolitetracycline
IUPAC Name Click here for help
(4S,4aS,5aS,6S,12aR)-4-(dimethylamino)-1,6,10,11,12a-pentahydroxy-6-methyl-3,12-dioxo-4,4a,5,5a-tetrahydrotetracene-2-carboxamide
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INN number INN
298 tetracycline
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Achromycin® | Ala-Tet® | Brodspec® | NSC-108579 | Panmycin® | Sumycin® | TCN
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Specialist databases
Antibiotic DB Antibiotic DB Database logo Tetracycline
Other databases
BindingDB Ligand 50237605
CAS Registry No. 60-54-8 (source: WHO INN record)
ChEMBL Ligand ChEMBL1440
DrugBank Ligand DB00759
GtoPdb PubChem SID 405560368
PubChem CID 54675776
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