Chemical Component Summary

NameALPHA-DIFLUOROMETHYLORNITHINE
Identifiers2,5-diamino-2-(difluoromethyl)pentanoic acid
FormulaC6 H12 F2 N2 O2
Molecular Weight182.168
TypeNON-POLYMER
Isomeric SMILESC(CC(C(F)F)(C(=O)O)N)CN
InChIInChI=1S/C6H12F2N2O2/c7-4(8)6(10,5(11)12)2-1-3-9/h4H,1-3,9-10H2,(H,11,12)/t6-/m1/s1
InChIKeyVLCYCQAOQCDTCN-ZCFIWIBFSA-N

Chemical Details

Formal Charge0
Atom Count24
Chiral Atom Count0
Bond Count23
Aromatic Bond Count0

Drug Info: DrugBank

DrugBank IDDB03856 
NameL-Eflornithine
Groups
  • experimental
  • investigational
Synonyms
  • L-Eflornithine
  • (-)-2-difluoromethylornithine
CAS number66640-93-5

Drug Targets

NameTarget SequencePharmacological ActionActions
Ornithine decarboxylaseMNNFGNEEFDCHFLDEGFTAKDILDQKINEVSSSDDKDAFYVADLGDILK...unknown
Drug Info/Drug Targets: DrugBank 3.0: a comprehensive resource for 'omics' research on drugs. Knox C, Law V, Jewison T, Liu P, Ly S, Frolkis A, Pon A, Banco K, Mak C, Neveu V, Djoumbou Y, Eisner R, Guo AC, Wishart DS. Nucleic Acids Res. 2011 Jan; 39 (Database issue):D1035-41. | PMID:21059682

Related Resource References

Resource NameReference
PubChem 6992039
ChEMBL CHEMBL222838