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HCID 60871Generated: October 23, 2026

Adefovir Dipivoxil

ADEFOVIR · Hepsera · Adefovir Dipivoxi · Preveon · GS 0840 · Ade Vove · adefuweizhi · C20H32N5O8P

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Adefovir Dipivoxil molecular structure

Identifiers & Physical Properties

CAS No.142340-99-6
Molecular formulaC20H32N5O8P
Average molar mass501.5 g/mol
Monoisotopic mass501.19884961 g/mol
SMILESCC(C)(C)C(=O)OCOP(=O)(COCCn1cnc2c(N)ncnc21)OCOC(=O)C(C)(C)C
InChIKeyWOZSCQDILHKSGG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
PubChem CID60871
ChEMBLCHEMBL922
ChEBICHEBI:31175
EC No.634-317-6
DTXSIDDTXSID5046487

Chemical & Physical Properties

XLogP1.8
Topological polar surface area167
Hydrogen bond donors1
Hydrogen bond acceptors12
Rotatable bonds15
Heavy atoms34
Formal charge0
Complexity705
DrugsPharmaceuticals -> Listed in ZINC15
LogP (partition coefficient)0.82.48
Solubility6.33e-01 g/Lethanol: soluble50mg/mL
Human DrugsFDA approved drugs -> Active ingredient
Physical DescriptionSolid
Melting point98-102°C
Boiling point641.0±65.0 °C(Predicted)
Density1.35±0.1 g/cm3(Predicted)
Storage conditionsKeep in dark place,Inert atmosphere,Store in freezer, under -20°C
pKa (acidity coefficient)4.16±0.10(Predicted)
Physical statesolid
ColorWhite to Off-White
Biological sourcesynthetic
Merck14,151
InChIInChI=1S/C20H32N5O7P/c1-19(2,3)17(26)29-11-31-33(32-12-30-18(27)20(4,5)6)13-28-8-7-25-10-24-14-15(21)22-9-23-16(14)25/h9-10H,7-8,11-13H2,1-6H3,(H2,21,22,23)
InChIKeyWOZSCQDILHKSGG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILESP(OCOC(=O)C(C)(C)C)(OCOC(=O)C(C)(C)C)COCCN1C2C(N=C1)=C(N)N=CN=2
CAS DataBase Reference142340-99-6(CAS DataBase Reference)
FDA UNIIU6Q8Z01514
NCI Drug Dictionaryadefovir dipivoxil
ATC codeJ05AF08
UNSPSC Code51102829
NACRESNA.76
Protein binding<4%
Excreted unchanged in urine45%
Volume of distribution0.4(L/kg)
Biological half-life7 / 15
GHS pictogramGHS07
Signal wordWarning
GHS hazard statementsH302+H312+H332
GHS precautionary statementsP261-P264-P280-P301+P312-P302+P352+P312-P304+P340+P312
Personal protective equipment (PPE)dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves
Hazard symbolsXn
Risk statements (R)20/21/22
Safety statements (S)36/37
Water hazard class (WGK)3
RTECS numberUA2459362
Customs code2933.99.8290
Storage class11 - Combustible Solids
Hazard classAcute Tox. 4 Oral

Safety & Regulations

GHS classificationWarningH302 (100%): Harmful if swallowed [Warning Acute toxicity, oral]P261, P264, P270, P271, P280, P301+P317, P302+P352, P304+P340, P317, P321, P330, P362+P364, and P501 (click each P-code to see the statement)Aggregated GHS information provided per 41 reports by companies from 3 notifications to the ECHA C&L Inventory. Each notification may be associated with multiple companies.Danger
Hazard Classes and CategoriesAcute Tox. 4 (100%)
Drug Induced Liver InjuryDrug Induced Liver Injury Rank (DILIrank 2.0)Adefovir dipivoxilvLess-DILI-concernWarnings & precautionsDOI:10.1016/j.drudis.2016.02.015
Personal protective equipment (PPE)dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves
Water hazard class (WGK)3
RTECS numberUA2459362
Customs code2933.99.8290
Risk statements (R)20/21/22
Signal wordWarning
GHS pictogramGHS07
Hazard symbolsXn
Safety statements (S)36/37
Storage class11 - Combustible Solids
GHS hazard statementsH302+H312+H332
Hazard classAcute Tox. 4 Oral
GHS precautionary statementsP261-P264-P280-P301+P312-P302+P352+P312-P304+P340+P312

Applications & Uses

Uses

Has a broad spectrum of antiviral activity, can be used for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B.

Description

Adefovir dipivoxil is the first nucleotide analog to be launched in the US as an oral treatment for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections. It can be easily prepared in 4 steps from adenine. Adefovir dipivoxil acts as a bioavailable ester prodrug which is rapidly hydrolyzed to free adefovir and further anabolized to its active form, adefovir diphosphate, by two intracellular phosphotylation steps. The diphosphate competitively inhibits reverse transcriptase and/or causes chain termination when incorporated into growing DNA. Adefovir dipivoxil has a broad antiviral spectrum against retro-, herpes- and hepadnaviruses. The drug inhibits HBV replication, decreases HBV DNA levels and improves liver histology of patients infected with HBV wild type and resistant to other antivirals such as lamivudine. It also demonstrated activity in hepatitis B”e” antigennegative, or precore mutant, patients and in patients co-infected with HIV. To date, no adefovir dipivoxil-associated resistance mutations have been identified in patients up to 136 weeks with the drug. The oral bioavailability of adefovir after oral administration of its dipivoxil prodrug is approximately 30%. It is mainly excreted unchanged in the urine and its plasma elimination half-life is 4.2 h. However, a long intracellular half-life (17 h) of the active bisphosphorylated metabolite enables once-daily dosing. The most prominent adverse effect of adefovir dipivoxil is nephrotoxicity (which has prevented the drug from being marketed for HIV infections where the drug required administration at higher doses).

Uses

Adefovir Dipivoxil(Preveon, Hepsera) works by blocking reverse transcriptase, an enzyme that is crucial for the hepatitis B virus (HBV) to reproduce in the body. It is approved for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B in adults with evidence of active vir

Uses

A nucleotide analog, useful as an oral reverse transcriptase inhibitor (ntRTI).

General Description

Adefovir is an orally active prodrug that is indicated for thetreatment of the chronic form of hepatitis B. The dipivoxil moieties are hydrolyzed by ubiquitous esterases to yieldadefovir, which is phosphorylated by adenylate kinase toyield adefovir diphosphate. This compound is inhibitory atHBV DNA polymerase. In addition, adefovir undergoes incorporationinto viral DNA and causes chain termination.Adefovir is poorly absorbed by the oral route, but the dipivoxilester groups cause the bioavailability to increase toapproximately 60%.