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Optochin

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Optochin (or ethylhydrocupreine hydrochloride) is a derivative of quinine introduced in 1911 by Morgenroth and Levy with the intention to treat pneumococci infection. In very high dilutions, it inhibits the growth of representatives of all four groups of pneumococci in vitro. That is the main reason it is now used in bacteriology for the differentiation of Streptococcus pneumoniae, which is optochin-sensitive, from the other, resistant alpha-hemolytic streptococci, sometimes called the viridans streptococci because of the green colouration on blood agar around colonies.

Chemical data

Formula
C21H28N2O2
Molecular weight
340.5 g/mol
IUPAC name
(R)-(6-ethoxyquinolin-4-yl)-[(2S,4S,5R)-5-ethyl-1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]octan-2-yl]methanol
SMILES
CC[C@H]1CN2CC[C@H]1C[C@H]2[C@@H](C3=C4C=C(C=CC4=NC=C3)OCC)O
InChIKey
SUWZHLCNFQWNPE-LATRNWQMSA-N
XLogP
3.5
Polar surface area
45.6 Ų
H-bond donors
1
H-bond acceptors
4
Formal charge
0

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Molecule type
Small molecule

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Wikidata facts

Mass
340.21507813599993
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chemical formula
C₂₁H₂₈N₂O₂
canonical SMILES
CCC1CN2CCC1CC2C(C3=C4C=C(C=CC4=NC=C3)OCC)O
isomeric SMILES
CCOc1ccc2nccc([C@@H](O)[C@@H]3C[C@@H]4CCN3C[C@@H]4CC)c2c1
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Optochin (or ethylhydrocupreine hydrochloride) is a derivative of quinine introduced in 1911 by Morgenroth and Levy with the intention to treat pneumococci infection. In very high dilutions, it inhibits the growth of representatives of all four groups of pneumococci in vitro. That is the main reason it is now used in bacteriology for the differentiation of Streptococcus pneumoniae, which is optochin-sensitive, from the other, resistant alpha-hemolytic streptococci, sometimes called the viridans streptococci because of the green colouration on blood agar around colonies.

The growth of bacteria that are optochin-sensitive will show a zone of inhibition around an optochin disc, while the growth of bacteria that are resistant to optochin will not be affected. In vitro, a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 1:10,000,000 will inhibit the growth of pneumococci, and 1:500,000 is bactericidal.

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