Benfluorex hydrochlorideProduct ingredient for Benfluorex
- Name
- Benfluorex hydrochloride
- Drug Entry
- Benfluorex
Benfluorex is an anorectic and hypolipidemic agent that is structurally related to fenfluramine. It was patented and manufactured by a French pharmaceutical company Servier. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended withdrawing all benfluorex containing medicines on 18 December 2009. This recommendation was based on the risks (especially fenfluramine-like cardiovascular side-effects) outweighing the benefits.
- Accession Number
- DBSALT001094
- Structure
- Synonyms
- Benfluorex HCl
- UNII
- X7O165XZ00
- CAS Number
- 23642-66-2
- Weight
- Average: 387.83
Monoisotopic: 387.1212911 - Chemical Formula
- C19H21ClF3NO2
- InChI Key
- NLOALSPYZIIXEO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- InChI
- InChI=1S/C19H20F3NO2.ClH/c1-14(12-15-6-5-9-17(13-15)19(20,21)22)23-10-11-25-18(24)16-7-3-2-4-8-16;/h2-9,13-14,23H,10-12H2,1H3;1H
- IUPAC Name
- 2-({1-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]propan-2-yl}amino)ethyl benzoate hydrochloride
- SMILES
- Cl.CC(CC1=CC(=CC=C1)C(F)(F)F)NCCOC(=O)C1=CC=CC=C1
- External Links
- ChemSpider
- 171385
- ChEMBL
- CHEMBL1412305
- Predicted Properties
Property Value Source Water Solubility 0.00128 mg/mL ALOGPS logP 4.26 ALOGPS logP 4.92 Chemaxon logS -5.4 ALOGPS pKa (Strongest Basic) 9.14 Chemaxon Physiological Charge 1 Chemaxon Hydrogen Acceptor Count 2 Chemaxon Hydrogen Donor Count 1 Chemaxon Polar Surface Area 38.33 Å2 Chemaxon Rotatable Bond Count 9 Chemaxon Refractivity 90.57 m3·mol-1 Chemaxon Polarizability 34.83 Å3 Chemaxon Number of Rings 2 Chemaxon Bioavailability 1 Chemaxon Rule of Five Yes Chemaxon Ghose Filter Yes Chemaxon Veber's Rule Yes Chemaxon MDDR-like Rule No Chemaxon