Belnacasan (original) (raw)

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Chemical compound

Belnacasan
Clinical data
Routes of administration Oral
Identifiers
IUPAC name (2S)-1-[(2S)-2-[(4-amino-3-chlorobenzoyl)amino]-3,3-dimethylbutanoyl]-N-[(2R,3S)-2-ethoxy-5-oxooxolan-3-yl]pyrrolidine-2-carboxamide
CAS Number 273404-37-8
PubChem CID 11398092
ChemSpider 9572992
UNII 00OLE78529
KEGG D10416
CompTox Dashboard (EPA) DTXSID901017651 Edit this at Wikidata
Chemical and physical data
Formula C24H33ClN4O6
Molar mass 509.00 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol) Interactive image
SMILES CCO[C@@H]3OC(=O)C[C@@H]3NC(=O)[C@@H]2CCCN2C(=O)[C@@H](NC(=O)c1ccc(N)c(Cl)c1)C(C)(C)C
InChI InChI=1S/C24H33ClN4O6/c1-5-34-23-16(12-18(30)35-23)27-21(32)17-7-6-10-29(17)22(33)19(24(2,3)4)28-20(31)13-8-9-15(26)14(25)11-13/h8-9,11,16-17,19,23H,5-7,10,12,26H2,1-4H3,(H,27,32)(H,28,31)/t16-,17-,19+,23+/m0/s1Key:SJDDOCKBXFJEJB-MOKWFATOSA-N

Belnacasan (VX-765) is a drug developed by Vertex Pharmaceuticals which acts as a potent and selective inhibitor of the enzyme caspase 1. This enzyme is involved in inflammation and cell death, and consequently blocking its action may be useful for various medical applications, including treatment of epilepsy, arthritis, aiding recovery from heart attack and slowing the progression of Alzheimer's disease. Belnacasan is an orally active prodrug, being converted in the body to the active drug VRT-043198 (_O_-desethyl-belnacasan). However while belnacasan has proved well tolerated in human clinical trials, it has not shown sufficient efficacy to be approved for use for any of the applications suggested to date, though research continues into possible future uses of this or similar drugs.[1][2][3][4][5]

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