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Miroprofen

55843-86-2C16H14N2O2266.3 g/mol
Organic/Inorganic Small MoleculeChEBI source record

A monocarboxylic acid that is propionic acid in which one of the hydrogens at position 2 is substituted by a 4-(imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-2-yl)phenyl group. A non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug that also exhibits analgesic, antipyretic and platelet aggregation inhibition properties. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number55843-86-2ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC16H14N2O2ChEBI ↗
Molar mass266.3 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass266.10553 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:76249ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass266.29 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass266.105527694 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP3.5PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)54.6PubChem ↗
H-bond donors1PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors3PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds3PubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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miroprofen
2-[4-(imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-2-yl)phenyl]propanoic acid
OJGQFYYLKNCIJD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CC(C(=O)O)c1ccc(-c2cn3ccccc3n2)cc1
InChI=1S/C16H14N2O2/c1-11(16(19)20)12-5-7-13(8-6-12)14-10-18-9-3-2-4-15(18)17-14/h2-11H,1H3,(H,19,20)

Names & synonyms

2-[4-(imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-2-yl)phenyl]propanoic acidmiroprofenemiroprofenomiroprofenum

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

Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology
monocarboxylic acidChEBI parent class · 25384 ↗imidazopyridineChEBI parent class · 46908 ↗
carboxylic acidorganic heterocyclic compoundorganic molecular entity

Roles recorded in ChEBI

non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugnon-narcotic analgesicantipyreticplatelet aggregation inhibitor

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.00375516 mol

Uses 266.3 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 · 16 atoms
72.17%
O
Oxygen · 2 atoms
12.02%
N
Nitrogen · 2 atoms
10.52%
H
Hydrogen · 14 atoms
5.30%

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Research & patent references

Selected source associations
The analgesic activity of imidazopyridine derivatives. ↗Arzneimittel-Forschung · 1978 · PMID 315230
[Analgesic effects of Y-9213 on postextraction pain--comparison with indomethacin by a double-blind controlled study]. ↗Shikai tenbo = Dental outlook · 1979 · PMID 398281
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Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:76249

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

NCBI PubChem · CID 68752 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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