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Isoniazide

54-85-3C6H7N3O137.142 g/mol

A carbohydrazide obtained by formal condensation between pyridine-4-carboxylic acid and hydrazine. — ChEBI

Safety references

Safety documents & references

1 indexed references
JP · NITE

Government GHS classification

23A5063 · FY2011

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number54-85-3ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC6H7N3OChEBI ↗
Molar mass137.142 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass137.05891 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:6030ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

PubChem
Molar mass137.14 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass137.058911855 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP-0.7PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)68PubChem ↗
H-bond donors2PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors3PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds1PubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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isoniazide
pyridine-4-carbohydrazide
QRXWMOHMRWLFEY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
NNC(=O)c1ccncc1
InChI=1S/C6H7N3O/c7-9-6(10)5-1-3-8-4-2-5/h1-4H,7H2,(H,9,10)

Names & synonyms

pyridine-4-carbohydrazide

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Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

antitubercular agentantimicrobial agentantineoplastic agentanti-ulcer druganti-HIV agentdrug allergen

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Safety classification · Japan

NITE / Japanese government
Japan · FY2011 source classification
Isoniazid · 23A5063
EndpointReported classification
Acute toxicity (Oral)Category 4
Reproductive toxicityCategory 2
Specific target organ toxicity - Single exposureCategory 1 (nervous system)
Specific target organ toxicity - Repeated exposureCategory 1 (nervous system, liver, blood)
Hazardous to the aquatic environment (Acute)Category 3
Hazardous to the aquatic environment (Long-term)Category 3

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.00729171 mol

Uses 137.142 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 · 6 atoms
52.55%
N
Nitrogen · 3 atoms
30.64%
O
Oxygen · 1 atom
11.67%
H
Hydrogen · 7 atoms
5.15%

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Research & patent references

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Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:6030

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

NCBI PubChem · CID 3767 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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