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Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Molecular Formula C12H30N2.2Cl.2H2O
Molecular Weight 309.317
Optical Activity NONE
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of HEXAMETHONIUM CHLORIDE DIHYDRATE

SMILES

O.O.[Cl-].[Cl-].C[N+](C)(C)CCCCCC[N+](C)(C)C

InChI

InChIKey=HQDLRYUQFUBIHD-UHFFFAOYSA-L
InChI=1S/C12H30N2.2ClH.2H2O/c1-13(2,3)11-9-7-8-10-12-14(4,5)6;;;;/h7-12H2,1-6H3;2*1H;2*1H2/q+2;;;;/p-2

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula ClH
Molecular Weight 36.461
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity NONE

Molecular Formula HO
Molecular Weight 17.0073
Charge -1
Count
Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity NONE

Molecular Formula C12H30N2
Molecular Weight 202.38
Charge 2
Count
Stereochemistry MIXED
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity NONE

Hexamethonium is a nicotinic cholinergic antagonist. It was used to treat hypertension, but has never been approved and was discontinued because of the non-specified treatment. When this drug tried to use in medical study via inhalation, one of the volunteer died, the death has been described as “particularly disturbing ”because it was a healthy volunteer who had no thing to gain by taking part in the study. This volunteer participated in a study designed to provoke a mild asthma attack in order to help doctors discover the reflex that protects the lungs of healthy people against asthma attacks. Hexamethonium is poorly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and does not cross the blood-brain barrier. Now it is widely used a research tool.

Approval Year

Targets

Targets

Primary TargetPharmacologyConditionPotency
Target ID: Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
Conditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Primary
Unknown

Approved Use

Unknown
Primary
Unknown

Approved Use

hypertensive crisis; acute ventricular failure in arterial hypertension; controlled hypotension.
Doses

Doses

DosePopulationAdverse events​
500 mg 1 times / day steady, oral
Dose: 500 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: steady
Dose: 500 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, adult
n = 18
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: hypertension
Age Group: adult
Sex: unknown
Population Size: 18
Sources:
Other AEs: Hypotension, Constipation...
Other AEs:
Hypotension (18 patients)
Constipation (18 patients)
Sources:
AEs

AEs

AESignificanceDosePopulation
Constipation 18 patients
500 mg 1 times / day steady, oral
Dose: 500 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: steady
Dose: 500 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, adult
n = 18
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: hypertension
Age Group: adult
Sex: unknown
Population Size: 18
Sources:
Hypotension 18 patients
500 mg 1 times / day steady, oral
Dose: 500 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: steady
Dose: 500 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, adult
n = 18
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: hypertension
Age Group: adult
Sex: unknown
Population Size: 18
Sources:
Overview

Overview

CYP3A4CYP2C9CYP2D6hERG

OverviewOther

Other InhibitorOther SubstrateOther Inducer

Drug as perpetrator​

Drug as perpetrator​

TargetModalityActivityMetaboliteClinical evidence
yes [Inhibition 20 uM]
Sourcing

Sourcing

Vendor/AggregatorIDURL
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Modes of hexamethonium action on acetylcholine receptor channels in frog skeletal muscle.
1991 Jan
The hexamethonium asthma study and the death of a normal volunteer in research.
2002 Feb
[Hexamethonium, nicotinic receptor blocker, changes the neuronal reactions on glutamate in the medial septal area in vitro].
2007 Mar-Apr
Patents

Patents

Sample Use Guides

intravenous: 5 to 50 mg; ora: 0.5 mg subcutaneous: 10-100 mg
Route of Administration: Other
In Vitro Use Guide
The action of hexamethonium has been studied at a range of muscarinic receptors in vitro by use of both functional and radioligand binding studies. In functional studies, hexamethonium exhibited little or no significant (P less than 0.05) antagonism of contractile responses to carbachol at muscarinic receptors in the guinea-pig ileum, oesophageal muscularis mucosae, urinary bladder and trachea. However, antagonism was observed at muscarinic receptors in the guinea-pig left atria mediating negative inotropic responses and the calculated pKB value was 3.80. Hexamethonium also antagonized contractile responses to carbachol in the canine saphenous vein. The pKB value at these receptors was 3.75. 3. In the presence of 3.2 mM hexamethonium, the pA2 value for methoctramine at atrial muscarinic receptors was reduced by approximately 10 fold (control pA2 value was 7.81 +/- 0.05; pA2 value in hexamethonium was 6.73 +/- 0.04).
Substance Class Chemical
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9K0FYL38MO
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Name Type Language
HEXAMETHONIUM CHLORIDE DIHYDRATE
Common Name English
1,6-HEXANEDIAMINIUM,N1,N1,N1,N6,N6,N6-HEXAMETHYL-, CHLORIDE, HYDRATE (1:2:2)
Common Name English
Code System Code Type Description
PUBCHEM
28180
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FDA UNII
9K0FYL38MO
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CAS
16986-49-5
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