propamidine

CHEBI:87462 ·resolve ·ANTIMICROBIAL_UNSPECIFIED ·EXACT SEEDED

A polyether that is the bis(4-guanidinophenyl) ether of propane-1,3-diol. Used (as its isethionate salt) for the treatment of minor eye or eyelid infections, such as conjunctivitis and blepharitis. — 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:24436 CHEBI:24436
CHEBI:35618 CHEBI:35618
CHEBI:46774 CHEBI:46774

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C17H20N4O2
Charge	0
Average mass	312.373 Da
Monoisotopic mass	312.15863 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	WTFXJFJYEJZMFO-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

N=C(N)c1ccc(OCCCOc2ccc(C(=N)N)cc2)cc1

InChI

InChI=1S/C17H20N4O2/c18-16(19)12-2-6-14(7-3-12)22-10-1-11-23-15-8-4-13(5-9-15)17(20)21/h2-9H,1,10-11H2,(H3,18,19)(H3,20,21)

Also called

propamidina (INN)— chebi
propamidinum (INN)— chebi
4,4'-[propane-1,3-diylbis(oxy)]di(benzene-1-carboximidamide) (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
4,4'-(1,3-Propanediylbis(oxy))bis-benzenecarboximidamide (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
4,4'-(Trimethylenedioxy)dibenzamidine (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

cas:104-32-5
drugcentral:3493
kegg.drug:D07205
pdb-ccd:TNT
ppdb:3037
wikipedia.en:Propamidine

Activity roles

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

CHEBI:33281 CHEBI:33281

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:87462`	propamidine	`antibioticmech:chebi-5a7f711192`	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

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