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Pyridoxamine

85-87-0C8H12N2O2168.196 g/mol

A monohydroxypyridine that is pyridine substituted by a hydroxy group at position 3, an aminomethyl group at position 4, a hydroxymethyl group at position 5 and a methyl group at position 2. The 4-aminomethyl form of vitamin B6, it is used (in the form of the hydrochloride salt) for treatment of diabetic nephropathy. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number85-87-0ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC8H12N2O2ChEBI ↗
Molar mass168.196 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass168.08988 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:16410ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass168.19 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass168.089877630 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP-1PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)79.4PubChem ↗
H-bond donors3PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors4PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds2PubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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pyridoxamine
4-(aminomethyl)-5-(hydroxymethyl)-2-methylpyridin-3-ol
NHZMQXZHNVQTQA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Cc1ncc(CO)c(CN)c1O
InChI=1S/C8H12N2O2/c1-5-8(12)7(2-9)6(4-11)3-10-5/h3,11-12H,2,4,9H2,1H3

Names & synonyms

4-(aminomethyl)-5-(hydroxymethyl)-2-methylpyridin-3-ol

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

Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

hypoglycemic agentiron chelatormouse metaboliteSaccharomyces cerevisiae metabolitenephroprotective agentplant metaboliteEscherichia coli metabolitehuman metabolite

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.00594544 mol

Uses 168.196 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
57.13%
O
Oxygen · 2 atoms
19.02%
N
Nitrogen · 2 atoms
16.66%
H
Hydrogen · 12 atoms
7.19%

Calculated theoretical mass fractions from the reported formula and PubChem periodic-table atomic masses. These are not assay or purity results.

Research & patent references

Selected source associations
Determination of vitamin B6 vitamers and pyridoxic acid in biological samples. ↗Journal of chromatography · 1992 Jul 1 · PMID 1400785
Micellar liquid chromatography in clinical chemistry: application to the monitorization of B6 vitamins. ↗Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry · 2004 Oct · PMID 15369738

Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:16410

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

NCBI PubChem · CID 1052 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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