amorolfine

CHEBI:599440 ·resolve ·ANTIFUNGAL ·EXACT SEEDED

A member of the class of morpholines that is cis-2,6-dimethylmorpholine in which the hydrogen attached to the nitrogen is replaced by a racemic 2-methyl-3-[p-(2-methylbutan-2-yl)phenyl]propyl group. An inhibitor of the action of squalene monooxygenase, Δ14 reductase and D7-D8 isomerase and an antifungal agent, it is used (generally as its hydrochloride salt) for the topical treatment of fungal nail and skin 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:50996 CHEBI:50996
CHEBI:87135 CHEBI:87135

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C21H35NO
Charge	0
Average mass	317.517 Da
Monoisotopic mass	317.27186 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	MQHLMHIZUIDKOO-AYHJJNSGSA-N

SMILES

CCC(C)(C)c1ccc(CC(C)CN2C[C@@H](C)O[C@@H](C)C2)cc1

InChI

InChI=1S/C21H35NO/c1-7-21(5,6)20-10-8-19(9-11-20)12-16(2)13-22-14-17(3)23-18(4)15-22/h8-11,16-18H,7,12-15H2,1-6H3/t16?,17-,18+

Also called

amorolfina (INN)— chebi
amorolfinum (INN)— chebi
(2R,6S)-2,6-dimethyl-4-{2-methyl-3-[4-(2-methylbutan-2-yl)phenyl]propyl}morpholine (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
(±)-cis-2,6-dimethyl-4-(2-methyl-3-(p-tert-pentylphenyl)propyl)morpholine (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
meso-2,6-dimethyl-4-(2-methyl-3-(p-tert-pentylphenyl)propyl)morpholine (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
meso-2,6-dimethyl-4-{2-methyl-3-[4-(2-methylbutan-2-yl)phenyl]propyl}morpholine (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

beilstein:8154195
cas:78613-35-1
drugcentral:188
kegg.drug:D01720
kegg.drug:D02923
wikipedia.en:Amorolfine

Activity roles

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

CHEBI:35718 CHEBI:35718
CHEBI:86327 CHEBI:86327

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:599440`	amorolfine	`antibioticmech:chebi-9e2747054b`	2026-08-30

Mechanism summary

Mode of action: ERGOSTEROL_PATHWAY_INHIBITION host shared target — Assigned from ChEBI role CHEBI:59285 (EC 1.14.13.132 (squalene monooxygenase) inhibitor). ChEBI asserts the role on the compound. The target it names is one the host has too, so the mechanism is true but is not evidence of selectivity — see mode_of_action_target_scope. Not a curator's mechanistic review.

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

Seeded by scripts/seed_from_sources.py from the committed inventories in data/raw/. View the record.