Medetomidine hydrochlorideProduct ingredient for Medetomidine
- Name
- Medetomidine hydrochloride
- Drug Entry
- Medetomidine
Medetomidine is a synthetic compound used as a surgical anesthetic and analgesic. It is normally found as its hydrochloride salt, medetomidine hydrochloride. Medetomidine is an intravenously available alpha-2 adrenergic agonist. The drug has been developed by Orion Pharma. In the United States, it is currently approved for its veterinary use in dogs and distributed by Pfizer Animal Health. In Canada, medetomidine is distributed by Novartis Animal Health. The marketed product is a racemic mixture of two stereoisomers from which dexmedetomidine is the main active isomer.
- Accession Number
- DBSALT002859
- Structure
Structure for Medetomidine hydrochloride (DBSALT002859)
- Synonyms
- Medetomidine HCl / Medetomidine hydrochloride
- External IDs
- MPV 785 / MPV-785
- UNII
- BH210P244U
- CAS Number
- 86347-15-1
- Weight
- Average: 236.74
Monoisotopic: 236.1080263 - Chemical Formula
- C13H17ClN2
- InChI Key
- VPNGEIHDPSLNMU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- InChI
- InChI=1S/C13H16N2.ClH/c1-9-5-4-6-12(10(9)2)11(3)13-7-14-8-15-13;/h4-8,11H,1-3H3,(H,14,15);1H
- IUPAC Name
- 5-[1-(2,3-dimethylphenyl)ethyl]-1H-imidazole hydrochloride
- SMILES
- Cl.CC(C1=CN=CN1)C1=CC=CC(C)=C1C
- External Links
- ChemSpider
- 61867
- BindingDB
- 50230390
- ChEBI
- 48556
- ChEMBL
- CHEMBL537161
- Predicted Properties
Property Value Source Water Solubility 0.185 mg/mL ALOGPS logP 2.96 ALOGPS logP 3.1 Chemaxon logS -3 ALOGPS pKa (Strongest Acidic) 13.13 Chemaxon pKa (Strongest Basic) 7.07 Chemaxon Physiological Charge 1 Chemaxon Hydrogen Acceptor Count 1 Chemaxon Hydrogen Donor Count 1 Chemaxon Polar Surface Area 28.68 Å2 Chemaxon Rotatable Bond Count 2 Chemaxon Refractivity 63.34 m3·mol-1 Chemaxon Polarizability 23.11 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