methadone   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 5458

Synonyms: (±)-methadone | dl-methadone | Dolophine HCL® | methadone HCl | Methadose®
Approved drug
methadone is an approved drug (FDA (1947, prior history not available))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: The approved drug methadone is a racemic mixture of two enantiomers; (S)-methadone and (R)-methadone. The structure shown here does not specify stereochemistry and represents the mixture.
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 2
Hydrogen bond donors 0
Rotatable bonds 7
Topological polar surface area 20.31
Molecular weight 309.21
XLogP 4.59
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES CCC(=O)C(c1ccccc1)(c1ccccc1)CC(N(C)C)C
Isomeric SMILES CCC(=O)C(c1ccccc1)(c1ccccc1)CC(N(C)C)C
InChI InChI=1S/C21H27NO/c1-5-20(23)21(16-17(2)22(3)4,18-12-8-6-9-13-18)19-14-10-7-11-15-19/h6-15,17H,5,16H2,1-4H3
InChI Key USSIQXCVUWKGNF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Selectivity at GPCRs
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Target Sp. Type Action Value Parameter Concentration range (M) Reference
μ receptor Primary target of this compound Hs Agonist Agonist 8.4 pIC50 - 1
pIC50 8.4 (IC50 4.1x10-9 M) [1]
Description: Binding affinity against μ-opioid receptor (human) using [3H]DAMGO radioligand.
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