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triclosan   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 14492

Approved drug PDB Ligand
triclosan is an approved drug (FDA (1997))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Triclosan is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial compound that functions by inhibiting bacterial enoyl-ACP reductase (FabI) [1-2]. It was used in a wide range of clinical and consumer products, but has been largely discontinued due to resistance and environmental safety concerns.
2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 2
Hydrogen bond donors 1
Rotatable bonds 2
Topological polar surface area 29.46
Molecular weight 289.54
XLogP 3.12
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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Canonical SMILES C1=C(C=C(C(=C1)OC2=CC=C(C=C2O)Cl)Cl)Cl
Isomeric SMILES C1=CC(=C(C=C1Cl)O)OC2=C(C=C(C=C2)Cl)Cl
InChI InChI=1S/C12H7Cl3O2/c13-7-1-3-11(9(15)5-7)17-12-4-2-8(14)6-10(12)16/h1-6,16H
InChI Key XEFQLINVKFYRCS-UHFFFAOYSA-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/)

Classification Click here for help
Compound class Synthetic organic
Approved drug? Yes. FDA (1997)
IUPAC Name Click here for help
5-chloro-2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)phenol
International Nonproprietary Names Click here for help
INN number INN
2988 triclosan
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Specialist databases
Antibiotic DB Antibiotic DB Database logo Triclosan
Other databases
CAS Registry No. 3380-34-5 (source: Scifinder)
ChEBI CHEBI:164200
ChEMBL Ligand CHEMBL849
DrugBank Ligand DB08604
DrugCentral Ligand 3631
PubChem CID 5564
RCSB PDB Ligand TCL
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