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1,4-dihydropyridine

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1,4-dihydropyridine

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1,4-Dihydropyridine (DHP) is an organic compound with the formula CH2(CH=CH)2NH. The parent compound is uncommon, but derivatives of 1,4-dihydropyridine are important commercially and biologically. The pervasive cofactors NADH and NADPH are derivatives of 1,4-dihydropyridine. Dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers are a class of L-type calcium channel blockers used in the treatment of hypertension. 1,2-Dihydropyridines are also known.

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Chemical data

Formula
C5H7N
Molecular weight
81.12 g/mol
IUPAC name
1,4-dihydropyridine
SMILES
C1C=CNC=C1
InChIKey
YNGDWRXWKFWCJY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP
1.2
Polar surface area
12 Ų
H-bond donors
1
H-bond acceptors
1
Formal charge
0

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Mass
81.058
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chemical formula
C₅H₇N
canonical SMILES
C1C=CNC=C1
subject has role
calcium channel blocker
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1,4-Dihydropyridine (DHP) is an organic compound with the formula CH2(CH=CH)2NH. The parent compound is uncommon, but derivatives of 1,4-dihydropyridine are important commercially and biologically. The pervasive cofactors NADH and NADPH are derivatives of 1,4-dihydropyridine. Dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers are a class of L-type calcium channel blockers used in the treatment of hypertension. 1,2-Dihydropyridines are also known.

==Properties and reactions== A recurring feature of 1,4-dihydropyridines is the presence of substituents at the 2- and 6-positions. Dihydropyridines are enamines, which otherwise tend to tautomerize or hydrolyze.

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