Metacycline

Metacycline

Clinical data
ATC code	J01AA05 (WHO)
Identifiers
IUPAC name (2Z,4S,4aR,5S,5aR,12aS)-2-(amino-hydroxymethylidene)-4-dimethylamino-5,10,11,12a-tetrahydroxy-6-methylidene-4,4a,5,5a-tetrahydrotetracene-1,3,12-trione
PubChem CID	5281054
E number	{{#property:P628}}
ECHA InfoCard	{{#property:P2566}}
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C22H22N2O8
Molar mass	442.419 g/mol

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Overview

Metacycline is a tetracycline antibiotic. It is used as a precursor in the industrial synthesis of doxycycline hyclate. It should not be confused with the antibiotic methicillin (aka meticillin).