naphthoquine   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 10396

Antimalarial Ligand
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Naphthoquine is a 4-aminoquinoline antimalarial compound.
The marketed formulations contain naphthoquine phosphate (PubChem CID 9851774).

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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

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Hydrogen bond acceptors 3
Hydrogen bond donors 3
Rotatable bonds 5
Topological polar surface area 57.18
Molecular weight 409.19
XLogP 5.83
No. Lipinski's rules broken 1
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 Clc1ccc2c(c1)nccc2Nc1cc(CNC(C)(C)C)c(c2c1CCCC2)O
Isomeric SMILES Clc1ccc2c(c1)nccc2Nc1cc(CNC(C)(C)C)c(c2c1CCCC2)O
InChI InChI=1S/C24H28ClN3O/c1-24(2,3)27-14-15-12-22(17-6-4-5-7-18(17)23(15)29)28-20-10-11-26-21-13-16(25)8-9-19(20)21/h8-13,27,29H,4-7,14H2,1-3H3,(H,26,28)
InChI Key VEVMYTDOWUQLGI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Guide to Malaria Pharmacology Comments
Naphthoquine was first synthesized in 1986 in China (during an extension of Project 523) and developed for clinical use during the 1990s [3].

Potential Target/Mechanism Of Action: As the precise MOA of naphthoquine is not yet known, we do not have a molecular target for this compound. It is thought that naphthoquine has a similar MOA to other 4-aminoquinolines such as chloroquine, killing the malaria parasite by causing a build up of toxic heme by inhibiting the enzyme that normally converts it to non-toxic haemozoin [1].