CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
| Collision Cross Section | 196.6 Ų [M+H]+ [CCS Type: TW, Method: calibrated with polyalanine and drug standards] |
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COMPUTED DESCRIPTORS
| Molecular Weight | 477.5 g/mol |
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| Hydrogen Bond Donor Count | 2 |
| Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count | 12 |
| Rotatable Bond Count | 8 |
| Exact Mass | 477.03888450 g/mol |
| Monoisotopic Mass | 477.03888450 g/mol |
| Topological Polar Surface Area | 230 Ų |
| Heavy Atom Count | 31 |
| Formal Charge | 0 |
| Complexity | 839 |
| Isotope Atom Count | 0 |
| Defined Atom Stereocenter Count | 2 |
| Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Defined Bond Stereocenter Count | 1 |
| Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Covalently-Bonded Unit Count | 2 |
| Compound Is Canonicalized | Yes |
PRODUCT INTRODUCTION
description
Cefotaxime Sodium is the sodium salt form of cefotaxime, a beta-lactam, third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic with bactericidal activity. Cefotaxime sodium binds to and inactivates penicillin-binding proteins (PBP) located on the inner membrane of the bacterial cell wall. Inactivation of PBPs interferes with the cross-linking of peptidoglycan chains necessary for bacterial cell wall strength and rigidity. This results in the weakening of the bacterial cell wall and causes cell lysis. Compared to the second and first generation cephalosporins, cefotaxime sodium is more active against gram-negative bacteria and less active against gram-positive bacteria.