pentamethonium (CHEBI:166825)

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ChEBI Name	pentamethonium

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:166825

Definition	A quarternary ammonium cation that is cadaverine in which the terminal amino hydrogens are substituted methyl groups. Its bromide and iodide salt exhibits ganglionic blocking activity and used in the treatment of hypertension.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

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Formula

C11H28N2

Net Charge

Average Mass

188.358

Monoisotopic Mass

188.22415

InChI

InChI=1S/C11H28N2/c1-12(2,3)10-8-7-9-11-13(4,5)6/h7-11H2,1-6H3/q+2

InChIKey

XUSPWDAHGXSTHS-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

C[N+](C)(C)CCCCC[N+](C)(C)C

Roles Classification
Application(s):	antihypertensive agent Any drug used in the treatment of acute or chronic vascular hypertension regardless of pharmacological mechanism. vasodilator agent A drug used to cause dilation of the blood vessels.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	pentamethonium (CHEBI:166825) has functional parent cadaverine (CHEBI:18127) pentamethonium (CHEBI:166825) has role antihypertensive agent (CHEBI:35674) pentamethonium (CHEBI:166825) has role vasodilator agent (CHEBI:35620) pentamethonium (CHEBI:166825) is a quaternary ammonium ion (CHEBI:35267)

Incoming	pentamethonium bromide (CHEBI:134839) has part pentamethonium (CHEBI:166825)

IUPAC Name

N,N,N,N',N',N'-hexamethylpentane-1,5-bis(aminium)

Synonyms	Sources
1,5-pentanediylbis(trimethylaminium)	ChEBI
N,N,N,N',N',N'-hexamethyl-1,5-pentanediaminium	ChemIDplus
N¹,N¹,N¹,N⁵,N⁵,N⁵-hexamethylpentane-1,5-bis(aminium)	IUPAC
pentamethonum	ChemIDplus
trimethyl-[5-(trimethylazaniumyl)pentyl]azanium	ChEBI

Registry Number	Type	Source
2365-25-5	CAS Registry Number	ChemIDplus

Last Modified

10 November 2020