clozapine   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 38

Synonyms: Clorazil® | HF-1854
Approved drug
clozapine is an approved drug (FDA (1989))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Note that PubChem CID 2818 has different double bond structure on the central heptane ring which results in a different InChIKey. Our structure is an exact match for the chemical structure in the INN record for this compound.

The major active metabolite of clozapine is N-desmethylclozapine.
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2D Structure
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2D Structure

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Physico-chemical Properties
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Physico-chemical Properties

Calculated molecular properties are available for small molecules and natural products (not peptides). Properties were generated using the CDK toolkit. All properties were selected to enable the prediction of the Lipinski Rule-of-Five profile or ‘druglikeness’ for each ligand. For more info on each category see the help pages.

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Hydrogen bond acceptors 4
Hydrogen bond donors 1
Rotatable bonds 1
Topological polar surface area 30.87
Molecular weight 326.13
XLogP 3.86
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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SMILES / InChI / InChIKey

SMILES (Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry Specification) A specification for unambiguously describing the structure of chemical molecules using short ASCII strings. Canonical SMILES specify a unique representation of the 2D structure without chiral or isotopic specifications. Isomeric SMILES include chiral specification and isotopes.

Standard InChI (IUPAC International Chemical Identifier) and InChIKey InChI is a non-proprietary, standard, textual identifier for chemical substances designed to facilitate linking of information and database searching. An InChIKey is a simplified version of a full InChI, designed for easier web searching.

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Canonical SMILES CN1CCN(CC1)C1=Nc2cc(Cl)ccc2Nc2c1cccc2
Isomeric SMILES CN1CCN(CC1)C1=Nc2cc(Cl)ccc2Nc2c1cccc2
InChI InChI=1S/C18H19ClN4/c1-22-8-10-23(11-9-22)18-14-4-2-3-5-15(14)20-16-7-6-13(19)12-17(16)21-18/h2-7,12,20H,8-11H2,1H3
InChI Key QZUDBNBUXVUHMW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
Antipsychotic agent used in the treatment of treatment resistant schizophrenia. This drug may also be used to reduce suicide risk in psychotic patients (US) and for the treatment of psychosis in Parkinson's disease (Europe)
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Clozapine is a selective monoaminergic antagonist, whose actions arise predominantly through high affinity interactions with serotonin 5HT2 receptors, dopamine D2 receptors, α1- and α2-adrenoceptors, and histamine H1 receptors. Antagonistic effects at D2 receptors in the mesolimbic pathway and 5-HT2A receptors in the frontal cortex likely contribute to the antipsychotic action of clozapine in schizophrenia patients.