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Pyridoxine

65-23-6C8H11NO3169.18 g/mol

A hydroxymethylpyridine with hydroxymethyl groups at positions 4 and 5, a hydroxy group at position 3 and a methyl group at position 2. The 4-methanol form of vitamin B6, it is converted intoto pyridoxal phosphate which is a coenzyme for synthesis of amino acids, neurotransmitters, sphingolipids and aminolevulinic acid. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number65-23-6ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC8H11NO3ChEBI ↗
Molar mass169.18 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass169.07389 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:16709ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass169.18 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass169.07389321 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP-0.8PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)73.6PubChem ↗
H-bond donors3PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors4PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds2PubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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pyridoxine
4,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)-2-methylpyridin-3-ol
LXNHXLLTXMVWPM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Cc1ncc(CO)c(CO)c1O
InChI=1S/C8H11NO3/c1-5-8(12)7(4-11)6(3-10)2-9-5/h2,10-12H,3-4H2,1H3

Names & synonyms

4,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)-2-methylpyridin-3-olpyridoxinapyridoxinum

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

Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

antiatherosclerotic agentantiviral agentrenoprotective agentcofactorantitubercular agentantipsychotic agenthypoglycemic agentcardiovascular drugantineoplastic agentanticonvulsant

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.00591086 mol

Uses 169.18 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 · 8 atoms
56.80%
O
Oxygen · 3 atoms
28.37%
N
Nitrogen · 1 atom
8.28%
H
Hydrogen · 11 atoms
6.55%

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Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:16709

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

NCBI PubChem · CID 1054 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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