Metacycline

Metacycline
Systematic (IUPAC) name
	(2Z,4S,4aR,5S,5aR,12aS)-2-[amino(hydroxy)methylene]-4-(dimethylamino)-5,10,11,12a-tetrahydroxy-6-methylene-4a,5a,6,12a-tetrahydrotetracene-1,3,12(2H,4H,5H)-trione
Clinical data
AHFS/Drugs.com	International Drug Names
MedlinePlus	a682778
Identifiers
CAS Number	914-00-1
ATC code	J01AA05 (WHO)
PubChem	CID: 5281054
ChemSpider	10468596
UNII	IR235I7C5P
ChEMBL	CHEMBL249837
NIAID ChemDB	001301
Chemical data
Formula	C22H22N2O8
Molecular mass	442.419 g/mol
	SMILES NC(=O)C=3C(=O)[C@@]4(O)C(\O)=C2\C(=O)c1c(O)cccc1C(=C)[C@H]2[C@H](O)[C@H]4[C@H](N(C)C)C=3O ;
	InChI InChI=1S/C22H22N2O8/c1-7-8-5-4-6-9(25)11(8)16(26)12-10(7)17(27)14-15(24(2)3)18(28)13(21(23)31)20(30)22(14,32)19(12)29/h4-6,10,14-15,17,25,27-29,32H,1H2,2-3H3,(H2,23,31)/t10-,14-,15+,17+,22+/m1/s1 ; Key:MHIGBKBJSQVXNH-IWVLMIASSA-N ;
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Metacycline is a tetracycline antibiotic. It is used as a precursor in the industrial synthesis of doxycycline hyclate. It should not be confused with the antibiotic methicillin (aka meticillin).

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