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Picloxydine (trade name Vitabact) is a bisbiguanide antiseptic used in eye drops. It is structurally similar to chlorhexidine.

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Within Vinony's link graph, picloxydine is referenced by 21 other articles, and connects out to infection, neomycin and medication.

It sits within the topics 4-Chlorophenyl compounds, Antiseptics and Biguanides.

Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.

Chemical data

Formula
C20H24Cl2N10
Molecular weight
475.4 g/mol
IUPAC name
1-N',4-N'-bis[N'-(4-chlorophenyl)carbamimidoyl]piperazine-1,4-dicarboximidamide
SMILES
C1CN(CCN1/C(=N/C(=NC2=CC=C(C=C2)Cl)N)/N)/C(=N\C(=NC3=CC=C(C=C3)Cl)N)/N
InChIKey
YNCLPFSAZFGQCD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP
1.8
Polar surface area
160 Ų
H-bond donors
4
H-bond acceptors
2
Formal charge
0

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Drug data · ChEMBL

Max clinical phase
Phase 2
Molecule type
Small molecule
Indications
eye infection

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Wikidata facts

Mass
474.156
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canonical SMILES
C1CN(CCN1C(=NC(=NC2=CC=C(C=C2)Cl)N)N)C(=NC(=NC3=CC=C(C=C3)Cl)N)N
chemical formula
C₂₀H₂₄Cl₂N₁₀
isomeric SMILES
C1N(CCN(C1)/C(=N/C(=NC2=CC=C(C=C2)Cl)N)/N)/C(=N/C(=NC3=CC=C(C=C3)Cl)N)/N
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Picloxydine (trade name Vitabact) is a bisbiguanide antiseptic used in eye drops. It is structurally similar to chlorhexidine.

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “picloxydine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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