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Pseudoephedrine

90-82-4C10H15NO165.236 g/mol

A member of the class of the class of phenylethanolamines that is (1S)-2-(methylamino)-1-phenylethan-1-ol in which the pro-S hydrogen at position 2 is replaced by a methyl group. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number90-82-4ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC10H15NOChEBI ↗
Molar mass165.236 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass165.11536 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:51209ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass165.23 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass165.115364102 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP0.9PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)32.3PubChem ↗
H-bond donors2PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors2PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds3PubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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pseudoephedrine
(1S,2S)-2-(methylamino)-1-phenylpropan-1-ol
KWGRBVOPPLSCSI-WCBMZHEXSA-N
CN[C@@H](C)[C@@H](O)c1ccccc1
InChI=1S/C10H15NO/c1-8(11-2)10(12)9-6-4-3-5-7-9/h3-8,10-12H,1-2H3/t8-,10+/m0/s1

Names & synonyms

(1S,2S)-2-(methylamino)-1-phenylpropan-1-olpseudoefedrinapseudoephedrinum

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

Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

central nervous system drugbronchodilator agentsympathomimetic agentxenobioticanti-asthmatic drugvasoconstrictor agentanti-allergic agentantitussiveanti-inflammatory agentplant metabolite

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.00605195 mol

Uses 165.236 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 · 10 atoms
72.69%
O
Oxygen · 1 atom
9.68%
H
Hydrogen · 15 atoms
9.15%
N
Nitrogen · 1 atom
8.48%

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
Effect of organic cations on the renal tubular secretion of pseudoephedrine in the rat. ↗Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology · 2001 Jan-Feb · PMID 11153535
Erythrodermia to pseudoephedrine in a patient with contact allergy to phenylephrine. ↗Allergologia et immunopathologia · 2002 Jul-Aug · PMID 12199969

Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:51209

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

NCBI PubChem · CID 7028 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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