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Albendazole

54965-21-8C12H15N3O2S265.338 g/mol

A carbamate ester that is methyl 1H-benzimidazol-2-ylcarbamate substituted by a propylsulfanyl group at position 5. It is commonly used in the treatment of parasitic worm infestations. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number54965-21-8ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC12H15N3O2SChEBI ↗
Molar mass265.338 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass265.0885 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:16664ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass265.33 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass265.08849790 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP2.9PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)92.3PubChem ↗
H-bond donors2PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors4PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds5PubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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albendazole
methyl [5-(propylsulfanyl)-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl]carbamate
HXHWSAZORRCQMX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CCCSc1ccc2nc(NC(=O)OC)nc2c1
InChI=1S/C12H15N3O2S/c1-3-6-18-8-4-5-9-10(7-8)14-11(13-9)15-12(16)17-2/h4-5,7H,3,6H2,1-2H3,(H2,13,14,15,16)

Names & synonyms

methyl [5-(propylsulfanyl)-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl]carbamate

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Classification & relationships

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Roles recorded in ChEBI

antiviral agentantiinfective agentanthelminthic drugantimalarialgastrointestinal drugtubulin modulatormicrotubule-destabilising agentanti-HIV agent

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.00376878 mol

Uses 265.338 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 · 12 atoms
54.32%
N
Nitrogen · 3 atoms
15.84%
S
Sulfur · 1 atom
12.09%
O
Oxygen · 2 atoms
12.06%
H
Hydrogen · 15 atoms
5.70%

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Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:16664

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

NCBI PubChem · CID 2082 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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