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Methotrexate

C20H22N8O5, 454.447 g/mol. Its structure, the values that were measured, the values that were calculated, and where each one came from.

verified recordOrganic — aromatic carboxylic acid4 measured properties

Drawn from the SMILES. It shows how the atoms are connected — not a photograph of a molecule, and not its shape in space.

Identifiers

Molecular formula
C₂₀H₂₂N₈O₅
Molecular weight
454.447 g/mol
Exact mass
454.171316 g/mol
IUPAC name
(2S)-2-[[4-[(2,4-diaminopteridin-6-yl)methyl-methylamino]benzoyl]amino]pentanedioic acid
SMILES
CN(Cc1cnc2nc(N)nc(N)c2n1)c1ccc(C(=O)NC(CCC(=O)O)C(=O)O)cc1
Isomeric SMILES
CN(Cc1cnc2nc(N)nc(N)c2n1)c1ccc(C(=O)N[C@@H](CCC(=O)O)C(=O)O)cc1
InChI
InChI=1S/C20H22N8O5/c1-28(9-11-8-23-17-15(24-11)16(21)26-20(22)27-17)12-4-2-10(3-5-12)18(31)25-13(19(32)33)6-7-14(29)30/h2-5,8,13H,6-7,9H2,1H3,(H,25,31)(H,29,30)(H,32,33)(H4,21,22,23,26,27)/t13-/m0/s1
InChIKey
FBOZXECLQNJBKD-ZDUSSCGKSA-N

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Measured properties

Values somebody obtained from a sample and published. Where two sources report the same property they are both shown, in the units each used — a disagreement between them is information, and averaging it away would be inventing a number neither one gave.

Melting Point
365 to 399 °F (decomposes) (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
195 °Cmeasured · DrugBank
Solubility
less than 1 mg/mL at 66 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
Insoluble in water , alcohol, chloroform, ether; slightly soluble in dilute hydrochloric acid; soluble in dil solns of alkali hydroxides and carbonates.measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Vapor Pressure
2.1X10-19 mm Hg at 25 °C /Estimated/measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
LogP
-1.85measured · DrugBank
log Kow = -1.85measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)

Calculated properties

Derived from the structure rather than from a sample. These are reproducible and they are not measurements: a calculated partition coefficient and a measured one can differ by a long way, and where both exist they are listed apart on purpose.

Molecular weight
454.4 g/molcalculated · reference compound database
Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass
454.17131583 Dacalculated · reference compound database
Mass of the most common isotopic form.
XLogP3
-1.8calculated · reference compound database
Estimated oil/water partition, computed by reference compound database.
Polar surface area
211 Ųcalculated · reference compound database
Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity
704calculated · reference compound database
A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors
5calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors
12calculated · reference compound database
logP
0.2684calculated · chemistry engine
Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area
210.54 Ųcalculated · chemistry engine
Surface area from polar atoms; relates to how easily a molecule crosses membranes.
H-bond donors
5calculated · chemistry engine
Atoms that can donate a hydrogen bond.
H-bond acceptors
10calculated · chemistry engine
Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds
9calculated · chemistry engine
Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity
118.2616 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine
Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons
0.25calculated · chemistry engine
Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness
0.2947calculated · chemistry engine
Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

Percentages are of the molecular weight above, worked out the same way the molar mass calculator does it.

Structure

Heavy atoms, hydrogen excluded
33
Total atoms, hydrogen included
55
Rings
3
Aromatic rings
3
Stereocentres
1
Formal charge
0

Functional groups

  • Carboxylic acid

    A carbon double-bonded to oxygen and bonded to an –OH group; acidic.

  • Amide

    A carbonyl bonded directly to nitrogen.

  • Primary aromatic amine

    An –NH2 group attached directly to an aromatic ring, as in aniline. Much less basic than an alkyl amine, because the lone pair is delocalised into the ring.

  • Tertiary aromatic amine

    A nitrogen bonded to an aromatic ring and two other carbons.

  • Aromatic ring

    A flat six-membered ring with delocalised electrons.

Matched by structural pattern, not by a measurement.

The molecule in three dimensions

Rotate and inspect the atoms. Loaded only when you ask, so the page stays light.

The drawing above is a diagram of what is bonded to what. A molecule is not flat, and the model here is one low-energy shape generated from the connectivity — useful for seeing which groups can reach each other, and not a measured structure. A real sample is a population of conformations, interconverting.

Reactions it appears in

No documented reaction with a written procedure and a source involves Methotrexate yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is (2S)-2-[[4-[(2,4-diaminopteridin-6-yl)methyl-methylamino]benzoyl]amino]pentanedioic acid.

The sources also call it Rheumatrex, Amethopterin, Metatrexan, Hdmtx, Ledertrexate, Methylaminopterinum, Methotrexatum, Metotrexato, Antifolan, Rasuvo, Emtexate.

Structurally related

Nothing structurally close to Methotrexate has a page here yet.

Seen alongside it in reaction records

Molecules that appear in the same recorded reactions as Methotrexate. This says nothing about structure: most of them are the bases, solvents, ligands and catalysts the chemistry needed, and they are here because somebody put them in the same flask.

Where these values came from

compound record.

What this page does not claim

The identifiers are what the source record holds, copied rather than recomputed. Measured values are reported as their source gave them, units and all; calculated values are marked as calculated and are not measurements. Where a field is absent the page says so, because a blank cell reads as a zero and a guessed value reads as a fact.

Nothing here is a hazard assessment, a purity statement or advice about handling a sample. A flash point quoted from a safety database is a number somebody published, not a judgement by us about whether this molecule is safe for what you intend.