Ethambutol
An ethylenediamine derivative that is ethane-1,2-diamine in which one hydrogen attached to each of the nitrogens is sutstituted by a 1-hydroxybutan-2-yl group (S,S-configuration). It is a bacteriostatic antimycobacterial drug, effective against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and some other mycobacteria. It is used (as the dihydrochloride salt) in combination with other antituberculous drugs in the treatment of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis; resistant strains of M. tuberculosis are readily produced if ethambutol is used alone. — ChEBI
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Identity & molecular properties
Source-linked values| CAS number | 74-55-5 | ChEBI ↗ |
| Molecular formula | C10H24N2O2 | ChEBI ↗ |
| Molar mass | 204.314 g/mol | ChEBI ↗ |
| Monoisotopic mass | 204.18378 Da | ChEBI ↗ |
| Formal charge | 0 | ChEBI ↗ |
| ChEBI identifier | CHEBI:4877 | ChEBI ↗ |
Cross-source molecular data
PubChem| Molar mass | 204.31 g/mol | PubChem ↗ |
| Exact mass | 204.183778013 Da | PubChem ↗ |
| Computed XLogP | -0.1 | PubChem ↗ |
| Topological polar surface area (Ų) | 64.5 | PubChem ↗ |
| H-bond donors | 4 | PubChem ↗ |
| H-bond acceptors | 4 | PubChem ↗ |
| Rotatable bonds | 9 | PubChem ↗ |
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Names & structural identifiers
Copy any identifierethambutol(2S,2'S)-2,2'-(ethane-1,2-diyldiimino)dibutan-1-olAEUTYOVWOVBAKS-UWVGGRQHSA-NCC[C@@H](CO)NCCN[C@@H](CC)COInChI=1S/C10H24N2O2/c1-3-9(7-13)11-5-6-12-10(4-2)8-14/h9-14H,3-8H2,1-2H3/t9-,10-/m0/s1Names & synonyms
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Classification & relationships
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Mass ↔ amount of substance
Calculated from sourced massUses 204.314 g/mol from ChEBI. Assumes the substance described by this record; no purity or concentration correction is applied.
Elemental composition
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Checked 27 Sep 2026Release 255, 9 September 2026. ChEBI three-star (manually annotated) source entry. View original record ↗ · CC BY 4.0
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