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                                                                Synonyms: meticillin
                                 
                                                         
                            
                            
                            
                                 
                                
                                methicillin is an approved drug (FDA (1971)) 
                                                        
                                                    
                                Compound class: 
                                                            Synthetic organic
                                 
                                
                                    
                                        Comment: Methicillin/meticillin, is a narrow-spectrum β-lactam antimicrobial compound that was discovered in 1960.
                                    
                                 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                    
                                    
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Classification ![]()  | 
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| Compound class | Synthetic organic | 
| Approved drug? | Yes. US FDA (1971) | 
IUPAC Name ![]()  | 
                                                        
| (2S,5R,6R)-6-[(2,6-dimethoxybenzoyl)amino]-3,3-dimethyl-7-oxo-4-thia-1-azabicyclo[3.2.0]heptane-2-carboxylic acid | 
International Nonproprietary Names ![]()  | 
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| INN number | INN | 
| 1103 | meticillin | 
Synonyms ![]()  | 
                                                        
| meticillin | 
Database Links ![]()  | 
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| Specialist databases | |
                                                                        Antibiotic DB
                                                                        
                                                                              
                                                                        
                                                                             
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                                                                    Methicillin | 
| Other databases | |
| CAS Registry No. | 61-32-5 (source: Scifinder) | 
| ChEBI | CHEBI:6827 | 
| ChEMBL Ligand | CHEMBL575 | 
| DrugBank Ligand | DB01603 | 
| DrugCentral Ligand | 1744 | 
| GtoPdb PubChem SID | 473153852 | 
| PubChem CID | 6087 | 
| RCSB PDB Ligand | MII | 
| Search Google for chemical match using the InChIKey | RJQXTJLFIWVMTO-TYNCELHUSA-N | 
| Search Google for chemicals with the same backbone | RJQXTJLFIWVMTO | 
| Search PubMed clinical trials | meticillin | 
| Search PubMed titles | meticillin | 
| Search PubMed titles/abstracts | meticillin | 
| UniChem Compound Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | RJQXTJLFIWVMTO-TYNCELHUSA-N | 
| UniChem Connectivity Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | RJQXTJLFIWVMTO-TYNCELHUSA-N | 
| Wikipedia | Methicillin |