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Noribogaine

481-88-9C19H24N2O296.414 g/mol

An organic heteropentacyclic compound that is ibogamine in which the indole hydrogen para to the indole nitrogen has been replaced by a hydroxy group. It is the primary (and long-lived) metabolite of ibogaine, the psychoactive indole alkaloid found in the African rainforest shrub Tabernanthe iboga. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number481-88-9ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC19H24N2OChEBI ↗
Molar mass296.414 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass296.18886 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:146264ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass296.4 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass296.188863393 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP3.6PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)39.3PubChem ↗
H-bond donors2PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors2PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds1PubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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noribogaine
(18R)-ibogamine-12-ol
RAUCDOKTMDOIPF-RYRUWHOVSA-N
[H][C@@]12C[C@H](CC)[C@]3([H])[N@@](CCc4c(nc5ccc(O)cc45)[C@]3([H])C1)C2
InChI=1S/C19H24N2O/c1-2-12-7-11-8-16-18-14(5-6-21(10-11)19(12)16)15-9-13(22)3-4-17(15)20-18/h3-4,9,11-12,16,19-20,22H,2,5-8,10H2,1H3/t11-,12+,16+,19+/m1/s1

Names & synonyms

(18R)-ibogamine-12-ol

Names are supplied by ChEBI. Trade names and related synonyms may describe a broader product context.

Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

psychotropic drugserotonin uptake inhibitorkappa-opioid receptor agonistNMDA receptor antagonist

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.00337366 mol

Uses 296.414 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 · 19 atoms
76.99%
N
Nitrogen · 2 atoms
9.45%
H
Hydrogen · 24 atoms
8.16%
O
Oxygen · 1 atom
5.40%

Calculated theoretical mass fractions from the reported formula and PubChem periodic-table atomic masses. These are not assay or purity results.

Research & patent references

Selected source associations
Noribogaine reduces nicotine self-administration in rats. ↗Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) · 2015 Jun · PMID 25995321
Noribogaine is a G-protein biased κ-opioid receptor agonist. ↗Neuropharmacology · 2015 Dec · PMID 26302653

Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:146264

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

NCBI PubChem · CID 3083548 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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