Chemical Component Summary

Nameethyl 2-oxopropanoate
Identifiersethyl 2-oxidanylidenepropanoate
FormulaC5 H8 O3
Molecular Weight116.115
TypeNON-POLYMER
Isomeric SMILESCCOC(=O)C(=O)C
InChIInChI=1S/C5H8O3/c1-3-8-5(7)4(2)6/h3H2,1-2H3
InChIKeyXXRCUYVCPSWGCC-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Chemical Details

Formal Charge0
Atom Count16
Chiral Atom Count0
Bond Count15
Aromatic Bond Count0

Drug Info: DrugBank

DrugBank IDDB05869 
NameEthyl pyruvate
Groups investigational
DescriptionCTI-01 (ethyl pyruvate) is a novel anti-inflammatory agent for the treatment of critical inflammatory conditions. CTI-01 shows a potent anti-inflammatory and tissue protection activity in multiple animal models of disease including pancreatitis, ischemia-reperfusion injury, sepsis, renal injury and endotoxemia.
Synonyms
  • Pyruvic acid ethyl ester
  • Ethyl methylglyoxylate
  • Ethyl pyruvate
  • 2-oxopropionic acid ethyl ester
  • Pyruvic acid, ethyl ester
IndicationInvestigated for use/treatment in burns and burn infections, cardiac surgery, inflammatory disorders (unspecified), ischemic reperfusion injury, and sepsis and septicemia.
CategoriesKeto Acids
CAS number617-35-6

Drug Targets

NameTarget SequencePharmacological ActionActions
Tumor necrosis factorMSTESMIRDVELAEEALPKKTGGPQGSRRCLFLSLFSFLIVAGATTLFCL...unknown
High mobility group protein B1MGKGDPKKPRGKMSSYAFFVQTCREEHKKKHPDASVNFSEFSKKCSERWK...unknown
Drug Info/Drug Targets: DrugBank 3.0: a comprehensive resource for 'omics' research on drugs. Knox C, Law V, Jewison T, Liu P, Ly S, Frolkis A, Pon A, Banco K, Mak C, Neveu V, Djoumbou Y, Eisner R, Guo AC, Wishart DS. Nucleic Acids Res. 2011 Jan; 39 (Database issue):D1035-41. | PMID:21059682

Related Resource References

Resource NameReference
PubChem 12041
ChEMBL CHEMBL173373