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Propranolol

525-66-6C16H21NO2259.349 g/mol

A propanolamine that is propan-2-ol substituted by a propan-2-ylamino group at position 1 and a naphthalen-1-yloxy group at position 3. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number525-66-6ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC16H21NO2ChEBI ↗
Molar mass259.349 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass259.15723 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:8499ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass259.34 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass259.157228913 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP3PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)41.5PubChem ↗
H-bond donors2PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors3PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds6PubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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propranolol
3-(naphthalen-1-yloxy)-1-(propan-2-ylamino)propan-2-ol
AQHHHDLHHXJYJD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CC(C)NCC(O)COc1cccc2ccccc12
InChI=1S/C16H21NO2/c1-12(2)17-10-14(18)11-19-16-9-5-7-13-6-3-4-8-15(13)16/h3-9,12,14,17-18H,10-11H2,1-2H3

Names & synonyms

3-(naphthalen-1-yloxy)-1-(propan-2-ylamino)propan-2-olpropranololum

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

Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

renoprotective agentantidepressantanxiolytic druganalgesichypoglycemic agentbeta-adrenergic antagonistcardiovascular drugantineoplastic agentvasodilator agentantihypertensive agent

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.00385581 mol

Uses 259.349 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 · 16 atoms
74.10%
O
Oxygen · 2 atoms
12.34%
H
Hydrogen · 21 atoms
8.16%
N
Nitrogen · 1 atom
5.40%

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Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:8499

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

NCBI PubChem · CID 4946 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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