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sulfapyridine

CHEBI:132842 ·resolve ·ANTIMICROBIAL_UNSPECIFIED ·EXACT SEEDED

A sulfonamide consisting of pyridine with a 4-aminobenzenesulfonamido group at the 2-position. — ChEBI

Classification

Strictly broader compounds or drug classes this molecule belongs to.

• CHEBI:26421 CHEBI:26421
• CHEBI:35358 CHEBI:35358
• CHEBI:48975 CHEBI:48975
• CHEBI:87228 CHEBI:87228

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties

Molecular formula	C11H11N3O2S
Charge	0
Average mass	249.295 Da
Monoisotopic mass	249.0572 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	GECHUMIMRBOMGK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

Nc1ccc(S(=O)(=O)Nc2ccccn2)cc1

InChI

InChI=1S/C11H11N3O2S/c12-9-4-6-10(7-5-9)17(15,16)14-11-3-1-2-8-13-11/h1-8H,12H2,(H,13,14)

Also called

• sulfapiridina (INN)— chebi
• sulfapyridinum (INN)— chebi
• 4-amino-N-(pyridin-2-yl)benzenesulfonamide (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• 2-(p-Aminobenzenesulphonamido)pyridine (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• 2-Sulfanilamidopyridin (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• 2-Sulfanilamidopyridine (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• 2-Sulfanilylaminopyridine (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• 2-Sulfapyridine (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• 4-(2-Pyridinylsulfonyl)aniline (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• 4-Amino-N,2-pyridinylbenzenesulfonamide (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• 4-Amino-N-pyridin-2-yl-benzenesulfonamide (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• 4-[(2-Pyridylamino)sulfonyl]aniline (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• N-2-Pyridylsulfanilamide (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• N1-2-Pyridylsulfanilamide (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• N1-Pyridylsulfanilamide (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• Solfapiridina (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• Sulphapyridine (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

• cas:144-83-2
• drugbank:DB00891
• drugcentral:2524
• gmelin:219135
• hmdb:HMDB0015028
• kegg.drug:D02434
• lincs.smallmolecule:LSM-5531
• patent:GB512145
• patent:US2275354
• reaxys:222065
• vsdb:1922
• wikipedia.en:Sulfapyridine

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:132842	sulfapyridine	antibioticmech:chebi-2240eaee2e	2026-08-30

Mechanism summary

Clinical status

APPROVED

Curation history

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Provenance

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