Drug common name | Benzalkonium chloride |
INN | benzalkonium chloride |
Description | Benzalkonium chloride (BZK, BKC, BAK, BAC), also known as alkyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride (ADBAC) and by the trade name Zephiran, is a type of cationic surfactant. It is an organic salt classified as a quaternary ammonium compound. ADBACs have three main categories of use: as a biocide, a cationic surfactant, and a phase transfer agent. ADBACs are a mixture of alkylbenzyldimethylammonium chlorides, in which the alkyl group has various even-numbered alkyl chain lengths.
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Classification | Small molecule |
Drug class | quaternary ammonium derivatives; quaternary ammonium derivatives |
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Structure (InChI/SMILES or Protein Sequence) | CCCCCCCCCCCCC[N+](C)(C)Cc1ccccc1.[Cl-] |
PDB | — |
CAS-ID | 8001-54-5 |
RxCUI | — |
ChEMBL ID | CHEMBL502109 |
ChEBI ID | — |
PubChem CID | — |
DrugBank | — |
UNII ID | F5UM2KM3W7 (ChemIDplus, GSRS) |