paracetamol   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 5239

Synonyms: acetaminophen | N-Acetyl-p-aminophenol | Panadol® | Tylenol®
Approved drug PDB Ligand
paracetamol is an approved drug (FDA (1968))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Paracetamol is approved by the US FDA as acetaminophen. It is a widely used analgesic and antipyretic drug. Despite its widespread use the mechanism of action of paracetamol is incompletely understood [2].
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 2
Hydrogen bond donors 2
Rotatable bonds 2
Topological polar surface area 49.33
Molecular weight 151.06
XLogP 0.87
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES CC(=O)Nc1ccc(cc1)O
Isomeric SMILES CC(=O)Nc1ccc(cc1)O
InChI InChI=1S/C8H9NO2/c1-6(10)9-7-2-4-8(11)5-3-7/h2-5,11H,1H3,(H,9,10)
InChI Key RZVAJINKPMORJF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Compound class Synthetic organic
Approved drug? Yes (FDA (1968))
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IUPAC Name Click here for help
N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)acetamide
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INN number INN
626 paracetamol
Synonyms Click here for help
acetaminophen | N-Acetyl-p-aminophenol | Panadol® | Tylenol®
Database Links Click here for help
BitterDB Ligand 121
CAS Registry No. 103-90-2
ChEBI CHEBI:46195
ChEMBL Ligand CHEMBL112
DrugBank Ligand DB00316
DrugCentral Ligand 52
GtoPdb PubChem SID 178101923
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PubChem CID 1983
RCSB PDB Ligand TYL
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