formoterol   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 3465

Synonyms: BD-40A | CGP-25827A | Foradil® | Oxeze/Oxis® | YM-08316
Approved drug Immunopharmacology Ligand
formoterol is an approved drug (FDA (2001))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Formoterol is a long-acting inhalation bronchodilator. The approved drug is a racemic mixture of enantiomers; PubChem lists 6 CIDs as isotopes of this molecule. We show the non-chiral molecule here to represent the mixture. The marketed formulation may contain formoterol fumarate (PubChem CID 9912089). Arformoterol is the (R,R)-enantiomer of formoterol.
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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

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 4
Hydrogen bond donors 4
Rotatable bonds 9
Topological polar surface area 90.82
Molecular weight 344.17
XLogP 2.21
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0

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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 O=CNc1cc(ccc1O)C(CNC(Cc1ccc(cc1)OC)C)O
Isomeric SMILES O=CNc1cc(ccc1O)C(CNC(Cc1ccc(cc1)OC)C)O
InChI InChI=1S/C19H24N2O4/c1-13(9-14-3-6-16(25-2)7-4-14)20-11-19(24)15-5-8-18(23)17(10-15)21-12-22/h3-8,10,12-13,19-20,23-24H,9,11H2,1-2H3,(H,21,22)
InChI Key BPZSYCZIITTYBL-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
Formoterol is used to manage the symptoms of asthma and/or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In November 2014, the EU EMA granted marketing authorisation of the fixed-dose combination medication Duaklir Genuair TM (aclidinium bromide/formoterol fumarate) as a maintenance bronchodilator for patients with COPD.
In April 2016, the US FDA approved the fixed-dose inhalation aerosol formulation, glycopyrrolate plus formoterol (Bevespi Aerosphere®) for long-term, maintenance treatment of airflow obstruction in patients with COPD, including chronic bronchitis and/or emphysema.
Mechanism Of Action and Pharmacodynamic Effects Click here for help
Formoterol is a β2-adrenoceptor agonist. The drug causes vasodilation of bronchial smooth muscle to improve breathing.