lumefantrine

CHEBI:156095 ·resolve ·ANTIPROTOZOAL ·EXACT SEEDED

A member of the class of fluorenes that is 9-(p-chlorobenzylidene)-9H-fluorene which is substitutec by chlorine at positions 2 and 7, and by a 2-(dibutylamino)-1-hydroxyethyl group at position 4. An antimalarial drug used in combination with artemether for the treatment of multi-drug resistant strains of falciparum malaria. — 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:24059 CHEBI:24059
CHEBI:32876 CHEBI:32876
CHEBI:35681 CHEBI:35681
CHEBI:83403 CHEBI:83403

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C30H32Cl3NO
Charge	0
Average mass	528.951 Da
Monoisotopic mass	527.15495 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	DYLGFOYVTXJFJP-MYYYXRDXSA-N

SMILES

CCCCN(CCCC)CC(O)c1cc(Cl)cc2c1-c1ccc(Cl)cc1/C2=C/c1ccc(Cl)cc1

InChI

InChI=1S/C30H32Cl3NO/c1-3-5-13-34(14-6-4-2)19-29(35)28-18-23(33)17-27-25(15-20-7-9-21(31)10-8-20)26-16-22(32)11-12-24(26)30(27)28/h7-12,15-18,29,35H,3-6,13-14,19H2,1-2H3/b25-15-

Also called

Lumefantrine (INN)— chebi
2-(dibutylamino)-1-[(9Z)-2,7-dichloro-9-(4-chlorobenzylidene)-9H-fluoren-4-yl]ethanol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
(±)-2,7-Dichloro-9-((Z)-p-chlorobenzylidene)-α-((dibutylamino)methyl)fluorene-4-methanol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
2-Dibutylamino-1-[2,7-dichloro-9-(4-chloro-benzylidene)-9H-fluoren-4-yl]-ethanol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
2-Dibutylamino-1-{2,7-dichloro-9-[1-(4-chloro-phenyl)-meth-(Z)-ylidene]-9H-fluoren-4-yl}-ethanol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Benflumetol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
dl-Benflumelol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

beilstein:8811003
cas:82186-77-4
drugbank:DB06708
drugcentral:1617
kegg.drug:D03821
wikipedia.en:Lumefantrine

Activity roles

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

CHEBI:38068 CHEBI:38068

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:156095`	lumefantrine	`antibioticmech:chebi-15c3489307`	2026-08-30

Curation history

SEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Seeded from data/raw/ inventories (CHEBI)
RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories
RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories

Provenance

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