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Taurolidine

19388-87-5C7H16N4O4S2284.363 g/mol

A member of the class of thiadiazinanes that is 1,2,4-thiadiazinane 1,1-dioxide substituted by a (1,1-dioxido-1,2,4-thiadiazinan-4-yl)methyl group at position 4. It is a broad-spectrum antiseptic used as lock therapy solution in patients with long term central venous catheters for the prevention of catheter related bloodstream infections. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number19388-87-5ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC7H16N4O4S2ChEBI ↗
Molar mass284.363 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass284.0613 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:135173ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass284.4 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass284.06129735 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP-1.7PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)116PubChem ↗
H-bond donors2PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors8PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds2PubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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taurolidine
4,4'-methanediylbis(1,2,4-thiadiazinane) 1,1,1',1'-tetraoxide
AJKIRUJIDFJUKJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
O=S1(=O)CCN(CN2CCS(=O)(=O)NC2)CN1
InChI=1S/C7H16N4O4S2/c12-16(13)3-1-10(5-8-16)7-11-2-4-17(14,15)9-6-11/h8-9H,1-7H2

Names & synonyms

4,4'-methanediylbis(1,2,4-thiadiazinane) 1,1,1',1'-tetraoxidetaurolidinataurolidinum

Names are supplied by ChEBI. Trade names and related synonyms may describe a broader product context.

Classification & relationships

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Roles recorded in ChEBI

antibacterial agentantiinfective agentantineoplastic agentantifungal agentantiseptic druganti-inflammatory agent

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.00351663 mol

Uses 284.363 g/mol from ChEBI. Assumes the substance described by this record; no purity or concentration correction is applied.

Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions
C
Carbon · 7 atoms
29.57%
S
Sulfur · 2 atoms
22.56%
O
Oxygen · 4 atoms
22.50%
N
Nitrogen · 4 atoms
19.70%
H
Hydrogen · 16 atoms
5.67%

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Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:135173

Release 255, 9 September 2026. ChEBI three-star (manually annotated) source entry. View original record ↗ · CC BY 4.0

NCBI PubChem · CID 29566 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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