clopidogrel   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 7150

Synonyms: Iscover® | Plavix® | SR-25990C
Approved drug PDB Ligand
clopidogrel is an approved drug (FDA (1997), EMA (1998))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Clopidogrel is a prodrug converted by liver CYP450 via 2-oxo-clopidogrel to an active metabolite, listed in GtoPdb as clopidogrel (active metabolite) [2]. Marketed formulations may contain clopidogrel bisulfate (PubChem CID 115366).
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 3
Hydrogen bond donors 0
Rotatable bonds 4
Topological polar surface area 57.78
Molecular weight 321.06
XLogP 2.73
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES COC(=O)C(c1ccccc1Cl)N1CCc2c(C1)ccs2
Isomeric SMILES COC(=O)[C@H](c1ccccc1Cl)N1CCc2c(C1)ccs2
InChI InChI=1S/C16H16ClNO2S/c1-20-16(19)15(12-4-2-3-5-13(12)17)18-8-6-14-11(10-18)7-9-21-14/h2-5,7,9,15H,6,8,10H2,1H3/t15-/m0/s1
InChI Key GKTWGGQPFAXNFI-HNNXBMFYSA-N
Classification Click here for help
Compound class Synthetic organic
Approved drug? Yes (FDA (1997), EMA (1998))
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Is prodrug? Yes
Active form clopidogrel (active metabolite)
IUPAC Name Click here for help
methyl (2S)-2-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-{4H,5H,6H,7H-thieno[3,2-c]pyridin-5-yl}acetate
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INN number INN
5908 clopidogrel
Synonyms Click here for help
Iscover® | Plavix® | SR-25990C
Database Links Click here for help
CAS Registry No. 113665-84-2
ChEBI CHEBI:37941
ChEMBL Ligand CHEMBL1771
DrugBank Ligand DB00758
DrugCentral Ligand 708
GtoPdb PubChem SID 178103725
PubChem CID 60606
RCSB PDB Ligand CGE
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