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nafcillin   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 10942

Synonyms: Ethoxynaphthamido Penicillin Sodium | Nallpen® | Unipen®
Approved drug
nafcillin is an approved drug (FDA (1965))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Nafcillin is a semi-synthetic naphthalene, penicillinase resistant β-lactam antibacterial.

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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 Chemistry Development Kit (CDK) (Willighagen EL et al. Journal of Cheminformatics vol. 9:33. 2017, doi:10.1186/s13321-017-0220-4; https://cdk.github.io/). 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 6
Hydrogen bond donors 2
Rotatable bonds 6
Topological polar surface area 121.24
Molecular weight 414.12
XLogP 3.28
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0

Generated using the Chemistry Development Kit (CDK) (Willighagen EL et al. Journal of Cheminformatics vol. 9:33. 2017, doi:10.1186/s13321-017-0220-4; https://cdk.github.io/)
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.

Generated using the Chemistry Development Kit (CDK) (Willighagen EL et al. Journal of Cheminformatics vol. 9:33. 2017, doi:10.1186/s13321-017-0220-4; https://cdk.github.io/)

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Canonical SMILES CCOc1ccc2c(c1C(=O)N[C@@H]1C(=O)N3[C@@H]1SC([C@@H]3C(=O)O)(C)C)cccc2
Isomeric SMILES CCOc1ccc2c(c1C(=O)N[C@@H]1C(=O)N3[C@@H]1SC([C@@H]3C(=O)O)(C)C)cccc2
InChI InChI=1S/C21H22N2O5S/c1-4-28-13-10-9-11-7-5-6-8-12(11)14(13)17(24)22-15-18(25)23-16(20(26)27)21(2,3)29-19(15)23/h5-10,15-16,19H,4H2,1-3H3,(H,22,24)(H,26,27)/t15-,16+,19-/m1/s1
InChI Key GPXLMGHLHQJAGZ-JTDSTZFVSA-N

Generated using the Chemistry Development Kit (CDK) (Willighagen EL et al. Journal of Cheminformatics vol. 9:33. 2017, doi:10.1186/s13321-017-0220-4; https://cdk.github.io/)
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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
Nafcillin is used to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococci, except MRSA. In the US nafcillin or oxacillin are recommended as the first-line treatment of choice for staphylococcal endocarditis (in patients with no artificial heart valves).
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