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Morphine

57-27-2C17H19NO3285.343 g/mol

A morphinane alkaloid that is a highly potent opiate analgesic psychoactive drug. Morphine acts directly on the central nervous system (CNS) to relieve pain but has a high potential for addiction, with tolerance and both physical and psychological dependence developing rapidly. Morphine is the most abundant opiate found in Papaver somniferum (the opium poppy). — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number57-27-2ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC17H19NO3ChEBI ↗
Molar mass285.343 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass285.13649 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:17303ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass285.34 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass285.13649347 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP0.8PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)52.9PubChem ↗
H-bond donors2PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors4PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds0PubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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morphine
17-methyl-7,8-didehydro-4,5alpha-epoxymorphinan-3,6alpha-diol
BQJCRHHNABKAKU-KBQPJGBKSA-N
[H][C@@]12C=C[C@H](O)[C@@H]3Oc4c(O)ccc5c4[C@@]31CCN(C)[C@@H]2C5
InChI=1S/C17H19NO3/c1-18-7-6-17-10-3-5-13(20)16(17)21-15-12(19)4-2-9(14(15)17)8-11(10)18/h2-5,10-11,13,16,19-20H,6-8H2,1H3/t10-,11+,13-,16-,17-/m0/s1

Names & synonyms

17-methyl-7,8-didehydro-4,5alpha-epoxymorphinan-3,6alpha-diol

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Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

geroprotectoropioid analgesicvasodilator agentxenobioticanaestheticmu-opioid receptor agonistplant metaboliteenvironmental contaminantdrug allergen

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.00350455 mol

Uses 285.343 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 · 17 atoms
71.56%
O
Oxygen · 3 atoms
16.82%
H
Hydrogen · 19 atoms
6.71%
N
Nitrogen · 1 atom
4.91%

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Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:17303

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

NCBI PubChem · CID 5288826 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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