Zorubicin

Chemical compound

L01DB05 (WHO)

Legal statusLegal status

In general: ℞ (Prescription only)

Identifiers

IUPAC name

(E)-N'-(1-((2S,4S)-4-((2R,4S,5S,6S)-4-amino-5-hydroxy-6-methyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yloxy)-2,5,12-trihydroxy-7-methoxy-6,11-dioxo-1,2,3,4,6,11-hexahydrotetracen-2-yl)ethylidene)benzohydrazide

CAS Number

54083-22-6

PubChem CID

9595290

DrugBank

DB11618^Y

ChemSpider

7869436

UNII

V25F9362OP

CompTox Dashboard (EPA)

DTXSID4043852

Chemical and physical dataFormulaC₃₄H₃₅N₃O₁₀Molar mass645.665 g·mol⁻¹3D model (JSmol)

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SMILES

OC1=C(C(C4=C(C=CC=C4OC)C3=O)=O)C3=C(O)C2=C1[C@@H](O[C@]5([H])O[C@@H](C)[C@@H](O)[C@@H](N)C5)C[C@@](/[C@@](C)=N/NC(C6=CC=CC=C6)=O)(O)C2

InChI

InChI=1S/C34H35N3O10/c1-15-28(38)20(35)12-23(46-15)47-22-14-34(44,16(2)36-37-33(43)17-8-5-4-6-9-17)13-19-25(22)32(42)27-26(30(19)40)29(39)18-10-7-11-21(45-3)24(18)31(27)41/h4-11,15,20,22-23,28,38,40,42,44H,12-14,35H2,1-3H3,(H,37,43)/b36-16+/t15-,20-,22-,23-,28+,34-/m0/s1
Key:FBTUMDXHSRTGRV-ALTNURHMSA-N

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Zorubicin (INN) is a benzoylhydrazone derivative of the anthracycline antineoplastic antibiotic daunorubicin. Zorubicin intercalates into DNA; it as well interacts with topoisomerase II and inhibits DNA polymerases and therefore is used to treat cancer.^[1] ^[2]

References

^ https://www.medchemexpress.com/zorubicin.html
^ https://drugs.ncats.io/drug/V25F9362OP

Intracellular chemotherapeutic agents / antineoplastic agents (L01)

SPs/MIs
(M phase)

Block microtubule assembly	Vinca alkaloids (Vinblastine^# Vincristine^# Vindesine Vinflunine^§ Vinorelbine^#)
Block microtubule disassembly	Taxanes (Cabazitaxel Docetaxel^# Larotaxel Ortataxel^† Paclitaxel^# Tesetaxel) Epothilones (Ixabepilone)

DNA replication
inhibitor

DNA precursors/
antimetabolites
(S phase)

Folic acid	Dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor (Aminopterin Methotrexate^# Pemetrexed Pralatrexate) Thymidylate synthase inhibitor (Pemetrexed Raltitrexed)
Purine	Adenosine deaminase inhibitor (Pentostatin) Halogenated/ribonucleotide reductase inhibitors (Cladribine Clofarabine Fludarabine) Nelarabine Thiopurine (Mercaptopurine^# Tioguanine^#)
Pyrimidine	Thymidylate synthase inhibitor (Capecitabine^# Carmofur Doxifluridine Floxuridine Fluorouracil^# Tegafur (+gimeracil/oteracil)) DNA polymerase inhibitor (Cytarabine^# +daunorubicin) Ribonucleotide reductase inhibitor (Gemcitabine^#) Hypomethylating agent (Azacitidine Decitabine)
Deoxyribonucleotide	Ribonucleotide reductase inhibitor (Hydroxycarbamide^#)

Topoisomerase inhibitors
(S phase)

I	Camptotheca (Belotecan Camptothecin Cositecan^† Etirinotecan pegol^† Exatecan Gimatecan Irinotecan^# Lurtotecan^‡ Rubitecan^‡ Silatecan^§ Topotecan)
II	Podophyllum (Etoposide^# Teniposide)
II+Intercalation	Anthracyclines (Aclarubicin Amrubicin^† Daunorubicin^# (+cytarabine) Doxorubicin^# Epirubicin Idarubicin Pirarubicin Valrubicin Zorubicin) Anthracenediones (Mitoxantrone Losoxantrone Pixantrone) Amsacrine Bisantrene Crisnatol Menogaril^§

Crosslinking of DNA
(CCNS)

Alkylating	Nitrogen mustards: Bendamustine^# Chlormethine Cyclophosphamide^# (Ifosfamide^# Trofosfamide) Chlorambucil^# Melphalan (Melphalan flufenamide) Prednimustine Uramustine Nitrosoureas: Carmustine Fotemustine Lomustine (Semustine) Nimustine Ranimustine Streptozocin Alkyl sulfonates: Busulfan (Mannosulfan Treosulfan) Aziridines: Carboquone Thiotepa Triaziquone Triethylenemelamine
Platinum-based	Carboplatin^# Cisplatin^# Dicycloplatin Nedaplatin Oxaliplatin^# Satraplatin
Nonclassical	Altretamine Hydrazines (Procarbazine^#) Etoglucid Mitobronitol Pipobroman Triazenes (Dacarbazine^# Mitozolomide^§ Temozolomide)
Intercalation	Streptomyces (Dactinomycin^# Bleomycin^# Mitomycins Plicamycin)

Photosensitizers/PDT

Other

Enzyme inhibitors	FI (Tipifarnib^§) CDK inhibitors (Abemaciclib Alvocidib^† Palbociclib Ribociclib Seliciclib^†) PrI Bortezomib Carfilzomib Oprozomib Ixazomib PhI (Anagrelide) IMPDI (Tiazofurin^§) LI (Masoprocol) PARP inhibitor (Fuzuloparib) Niraparib +abiraterone acetate Olaparib Rucaparib) HDAC (Belinostat Entinostat Panobinostat Romidepsin Vorinostat) PIKI (Pi3K) (Alpelisib Copanlisib Duvelisib Idelalisib Umbralisib^‡)
Receptor antagonists	ERA (Atrasentan) Retinoid X receptor (Bexarotene) Sex steroid (Testolactone)
Other/ungrouped	Adagrasib Aflibercept Arsenic trioxide Asparagine depleters (Asparaginase^#/Pegaspargase) Axicabtagene ciloleucel Belzutifan Bexarotene Brexucabtagene autoleucel Celecoxib Ciltacabtagene autoleucel Demecolcine Denileukin diftitox Elesclomol^§ Elsamitrucin Enasidenib Epacadostat Eribulin Estramustine phosphate Glasdegib Idecabtagene vicleucel Ivosidenib Lifileucel Lonidamine Lucanthone Lurbinectedin Mitoguazone Mitotane Oblimersen^† Omacetaxine mepesuccinate Plitidepsin Retinoids (Alitretinoin Tretinoin^#) Selinexor Sitimagene ceradenovec Sotorasib Tagraxofusp Talimogene laherparepvec Tazemetostat Tebentafusp Tiazofurine Tigilanol tiglate Tisagenlecleucel Trabectedin Veliparib Venetoclax Verdinexor Vosaroxin