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Ganciclovir

82410-32-0C9H13N5O4255.234 g/mol

An oxopurine that is guanine substituted by a [(1,3-dihydroxypropan-2-yl)oxy]methyl group at position 9. Ganciclovir is an antiviral drug used to treat or prevent AIDS-related cytomegalovirus infections. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number82410-32-0ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC9H13N5O4ChEBI ↗
Molar mass255.234 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass255.09675 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:465284ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass255.23 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass255.09675391 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP-2.5PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)135PubChem ↗
H-bond donors4PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors6PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds5PubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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ganciclovir
2-amino-9-{[(1,3-dihydroxypropan-2-yl)oxy]methyl}-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one
IRSCQMHQWWYFCW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Nc1nc(=O)c2ncn(COC(CO)CO)c2n1
InChI=1S/C9H13N5O4/c10-9-12-7-6(8(17)13-9)11-3-14(7)4-18-5(1-15)2-16/h3,5,15-16H,1-2,4H2,(H3,10,12,13,17)

Names & synonyms

2-amino-9-{[(1,3-dihydroxypropan-2-yl)oxy]methyl}-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one

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Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

antiviral agentrenoprotective agentantiinfective agenthypoglycemic agentantineoplastic agentantiviral druganti-HIV agentophthalmology drug

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.00391797 mol

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Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions
C
Carbon · 9 atoms
42.35%
N
Nitrogen · 5 atoms
27.44%
O
Oxygen · 4 atoms
25.07%
H
Hydrogen · 13 atoms
5.13%

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US4355032 · Patent reference ↗Patent cross-reference supplied by ChEBI. Association alone does not establish claim scope.

Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:465284

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

NCBI PubChem · CID 135398740 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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