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capecitabine   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 6799

Synonyms: Ro-09-1978-000 | Ro-091978000 | Xeloda®
Approved drug
capecitabine is an approved drug (FDA (1998), EMA (2001))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Capecitabine is a prodrug, that is enzymatically converted to 5-fluorouracil (active agent). It is a thymidylate synthase inhibitor.

capecitabine is commercially available from our sponsors

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 8
Hydrogen bond donors 3
Rotatable bonds 8
Topological polar surface area 122.91
Molecular weight 359.15
XLogP 2.04
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 CCCCCOC(=O)Nc1nc(=O)n(cc1F)C1OC(C(C1O)O)C
Isomeric SMILES CCCCCOC(=O)Nc1nc(=O)n(cc1F)[C@@H]1O[C@@H]([C@H]([C@H]1O)O)C
InChI InChI=1S/C15H22FN3O6/c1-3-4-5-6-24-15(23)18-12-9(16)7-19(14(22)17-12)13-11(21)10(20)8(2)25-13/h7-8,10-11,13,20-21H,3-6H2,1-2H3,(H,17,18,22,23)/t8-,10-,11-,13-/m1/s1
InChI Key GAGWJHPBXLXJQN-UORFTKCHSA-N

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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
Used in the treatment of metastatic breast and colorectal cancers.
Mechanism Of Action and Pharmacodynamic Effects Click here for help
Inhibition of the enzymatic activity of thymidylate synthase reduces the synthesis of precursor pyrimidine nucleotides. This prevents the formation of DNA and RNA and subsequently results in cell death.