Pharmaceutical chemistry

Pharmaceutical chemistry or medicinal chemistry is a discipline of chemistry and pharmacology. Medicinal chemistry is interested in finding out about the chemical properties drugs have, and about the synthesis and production of drugs. In general, medicinal chemistry is seen as a specialization of organic chemistry.

Constantin Zwenger (1814-1885) was the person who founded the field of pharmaceutical chemistry.

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Pharmacophore model of the benzodiazepine binding site on the GABAA receptor. White sticks = carbon atoms of diazepam, green = carbon atoms of CGS-9896, red = oxygen, blue = nitrogen. The H1 and H2/A3 are presumed hydrogen bond donating and accepting sites respectively in the receptor. L1, L2, and L3 represent lipophilic binding sites.