Chemical substance record

Amphetamine

300-62-9C₉H₁₃N135.207 g/mol

Organic/Inorganic Small MoleculeChEBI source record

A racemate comprising equimolar amounts of (R)-amphetamine (also known as levamphetamine or levoamphetamine) and (S)-amphetamine (also known as dexamfetamine or dextroamphetamine. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values

CAS number	300-62-9	ChEBI ↗
Molecular formula	C₉H₁₃N	ChEBI ↗
Molar mass	135.207 g/mol	ChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass	135.1048 Da	ChEBI ↗
Formal charge	0	ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifier	CHEBI:2679	ChEBI ↗

Names & structural identifiers

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Source preferred name

amphetamine

IUPAC name

rac-(2R)-1-phenylpropan-2-amine

Names & synonyms

amfetamineamfetaminumanfetaminaBenzedrinerac-(2R)-1-phenylpropan-2-amine

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Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

amphetaminesChEBI parent class · 35338 ↗racemateChEBI parent class · 60911 ↗

amine organic molecular entity

Roles recorded in ChEBI

bronchodilator agentsympathomimetic agentadrenergic uptake inhibitorxenobioticadrenergic agentdopaminergic agentneurotoxindopamine uptake inhibitorenvironmental contaminant

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount

0.00739607 mol

Uses 135.207 g/mol from ChEBI. Assumes the substance described by this record; no purity or concentration correction is applied.

Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions

C

Carbon · 9 atoms

79.95%

N

Nitrogen · 1 atom

10.36%

H

Hydrogen · 13 atoms

9.69%

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Selected source associations

Amphetamine stimulates movement through thalamocortical glutamate release. ↗Journal of neurochemistry · 2014 Jan · PMID 23889359

The effect of chronic amphetamine treatment on cocaine-induced facilitation of intracranial self-stimulation in rats. ↗Psychopharmacology · 2014 Jun · PMID 24408209

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Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026

Identity, formula, mass, synonyms & ontologyEMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:2679

Release 255, 9 September 2026. ChEBI three-star (manually annotated) source entry. View original record ↗ · CC BY 4.0

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