ceftaroline fosamil

CHEBI:70718 ·resolve ·ANTIBACTERIAL ·EXACT SEEDED

A cephalosporin having [4-(1-methylpyridinium-4-yl)-1,3-thiazol-2-yl]sulfanyl and {(2Z)-2-(ethoxyimino)-2-[5-(phosphonoamino)-1,2,4-thiadiazol-3-yl]acetyl}amino side groups located at positions 3 and 7 respectively. The N-phospho prodrug of ceftaroline, a broad-spectrum antibiotic active against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). It is used for the treatment of adults with acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections. — ChEBI

Machine-generated and unreviewed. Identity, structure and cross-references come straight from ChEBI's and CARD's own data; no curator has signed off on this record yet.

Classification

Strictly broader compounds or drug classes this molecule belongs to.

CHEBI:23066 CHEBI:23066
CHEBI:35285 CHEBI:35285
CHEBI:36816 CHEBI:36816
CHEBI:37773 CHEBI:37773
CHEBI:38099 CHEBI:38099
CHEBI:38418 CHEBI:38418

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C22H21N8O8PS4
Charge	0
Average mass	684.7 Da
Monoisotopic mass	684.01028 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	ZCCUWMICIWSJIX-NQJJCJBVSA-N

SMILES

[H][C@]12SCC(Sc3nc(-c4cc[n+](C)cc4)cs3)=C(C(=O)[O-])N1C(=O)[C@H]2NC(=O)/C(=N\OCC)c1nsc(NP(=O)(O)O)n1

InChI

InChI=1S/C22H21N8O8PS4/c1-3-38-26-13(16-25-21(43-28-16)27-39(35,36)37)17(31)24-14-18(32)30-15(20(33)34)12(9-40-19(14)30)42-22-23-11(8-41-22)10-4-6-29(2)7-5-10/h4-8,14,19H,3,9H2,1-2H3,(H4-,24,25,27,28,31,33,34,35,36,37)/b26-13-/t14-,19-/m1/s1

Also called

ceftarolina fosamilo (INN)— chebi
ceftarolinum fosamilum (INN)— chebi
7-({(2Z)-2-(ethoxyimino)-2-[5-(phosphonoamino)-1,2,4-thiadiazol-3-yl]acetyl}amino)-3-{[4-(1-methylpyridinium-4-yl)-1,3-thiazol-2-yl]sulfanyl}-3,4-didehydrocepham-4-carboxylate (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
(6R,7R)-7-({(2Z)-2-(ethoxyimino)-2-[5-(phosphonoamino)-1,2,4-thiadiazol-3-yl]acetyl}amino)-3-{[4-(1-methylpyridinium-4-yl)-1,3-thiazol-2-yl]sulfanyl}-8-oxo-5-thia-1-azabicyclo[4.2.0]oct-2-ene-2-carboxylate (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

cas:229016-73-3
drugcentral:4169
patent:MX2012003411
reaxys:9535806
wikipedia.en:Ceftaroline_fosamil

Activity roles

Every antimicrobial role a source asserts for this compound — the unreduced evidence behind its antimicrobial_class.

CHEBI:33281 CHEBI:33281
CHEBI:36047 CHEBI:36047

Source concepts

Every upstream concept that resolved to this record. The merge is the product: this is what shows ChEBI and CARD are describing the same structure.

Upstream concepts merged into this record
Source	Native ID	Label	Minted CURIE	Version
CHEBI	`CHEBI:70718`	ceftaroline fosamil	`antibioticmech:chebi-c2f70615e6`	2026-08-30

Mechanism summary

Clinical status: APPROVED

Curation history

SEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
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RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
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RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-31 · seed_from_sources
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Provenance

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