clofibride clofibride clofibride is a fibrate. clofibride is a derivative of clofibrate. in the body it is converted into 4-chlorophenoxyisobutyric acid (clofibric acid), which is the true hypolipidemic agent. so clofibride, just like clofibrate is a prodrug of clofibric acid. clofibrideclinical dataatc codec10ab10 (who) pharmacokinetic datametabolismhydrolyzed to clofibric acid; hepatic glucuronidationelimination half-life12 hours (clofibric acid)excretionrenal (mostly) and fecalidentifiers iupac name 3-(dimethylcarbamoyl)propyl 2-(4-chlorophenoxy)-2-methylpropanoate cas number26717-47-5pubchem cid160134chemspider140758 yunii0s9sls3l93keggd07188 ychemblchembl1697831comptox dashboard (epa)dtxsid1022841 echa infocard100.043.542 chemical and physical dataformulac16h22clno4molar mass327.81 g·mol−13d model (jsmol)interactive image smiles clc1ccc(oc(c(=o)occcc(=o)n(c)c)(c)c)cc1 inchi inchi=1s/c16h22clno4/c1-16(2,22-13-9-7-12(17)8-10-13)15(20)21-11-5-6-14(19)18(3)4/h7-10h,5-6,11h2,1-4h3 ykey:cxqgflbvunuqia-uhfffaoysa-n y (verify)