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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C19H24N2 · HCl
CAS Number:
113-52-0
Molecular Weight:
316.87
EC Number:
204-030-7
MDL number:
MFCD00012669
UNSPSC Code:
12352116
PubChem Substance ID:
24278097
NACRES:
NA.77
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Product Name

Imipramine hydrochloride, ≥99% (TLC)

Quality Level

200

assay

≥99% (TLC)

form

powder

color

white

solubility

H2O: 50 mg/mL

originator

Novartis

SMILES string

Cl[H].CN(C)CCCN1c2ccccc2CCc3ccccc13

InChI

1S/C19H24N2.ClH/c1-20(2)14-7-15-21-18-10-5-3-8-16(18)12-13-17-9-4-6-11-19(17)21;/h3-6,8-11H,7,12-15H2,1-2H3;1H

InChI key

XZZXIYZZBJDEEP-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Gene Information

human ... HTR1A(3350), HTR1B(3351), HTR1D(3352), HTR1E(3354), HTR1F(3355), HTR2A(3356), HTR2B(3357), HTR2C(3358), HTR3A(3359), HTR3B(9177), HTR3C(170572), HTR3D(200909), HTR3E(285242), HTR4(3360), HTR5A(3361), HTR5B(645694), HTR6(3362), HTR7(3363), SLC6A2(6530), SLC6A4(6532)

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General description

Imipramine is a tricyclic antidepressant. It has a half-life of 6 to 20 hours. Imipramine is made up of a tricyclic nucleus, that consists of two phenyl rings and a central cycloheptadien ring.

Application

Imipramine hydrochloride has been used:
  • as a non- selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) tricyclic anti-depressant (DD-IMI) to treat animals
  • to investigate its interaction with insulin in aqueous solution
  • to abolish the ability of internalized lipoproteins to stimulate cholesteryl esterification

Biochem/physiol Actions

Tricyclic antidepressant; inhibits the serotonin and norepinephrine transporters with Kis of 7.7 nM and 67 nM, respectively. Has little effect on the dopamine transporter (Ki = 25 μM).
Tricyclic antidepressant; inhibits the serotonin and norepinephrine transporters; has little effect on the dopamine transporter.

Features and Benefits

This compound is featured on the Biogenic Amine Transporters and Chloride Channels pages of the Handbook of Receptor Classification and Signal Transduction. To browse other handbook pages, click here.
This compound was developed by Novartis. To browse the list of other pharma-developed compounds and Approved Drugs/Drug Candidates, click here.

pictograms

Skull and crossbones
GHS06

signalword

Danger

hcodes

H300

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 2 Oral

Storage Class

6.1A - Combustible acute toxic Cat. 1 and 2 / very toxic hazardous materials

wgk_germany

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Lot/Batch Number
SLCL4144
SLCJ9430
SLCF9407
SLCF6010
SLCF0499

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