Ephedrine

• Formula: C₁₀H₁₅NO
• Molecular weight: 165.2322
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C10H15NO/c1-8(11-2)10(12)9-6-4-3-5-7-9/h3-8,10-12H,1-2H3/t8-,10-/m1/s1 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: KWGRBVOPPLSCSI-PSASIEDQSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 299-42-3
• Chemical structure:
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• Stereoisomers:
  • Benzenemethanol, α-[1-(methylamino)ethyl]-, [R-(R*,R*)]-
  • Benzenemethanol, α-[1-(methylamino)ethyl]-
  • DL-Ephedrine
  • Pseudoephedrine
• Other names: (-)-Ephedrine; L-Ephedrine; Efedrin; Ephedrin; Benzenemethanol, α-[1-(methylamino)ethyl]-, [R-(R*,S*)]-; α-Hydroxy-β-methylamino propylbenzene; (-)-α-(1-Methylaminoethyl)benzyl alcohol; i-Sedrin; l-α-(1-Methylaminoethyl)benzyl alcohol; l-2-Methylamino-1-phenylpropanol; Ephedrine, l-(-)-; Ephedrital; Ephedrol; Ephedrosan; Ephedrotal; Ephedsol; Ephendronal; Ephoxamin; Fedrin; Kratedyn; Lexofedrin; Manadrin; Mandrin; Nasol; Norephedrine, N-methyl-; Sanedrine; Vencipon; Zephrol; 1-Hydroxy-2-methylamino-1-phenylpropane, (1R,2S)-; 1-Phenyl-2-methylaminopropanol, (1R,2S)-; Biophedrin; Eciphin; Ephedral; Ephedremal; 1(R),2(S)-erythro-(-)-Ephedrine; (-)-(1R,2S)-Ephedrine; (-)-erythro-Ephedrine; Ephedrine l form; l-α-[1-(Methylamino)ethyl]benzenemethanol; l-Erythro-2-(methylamino)-1-phenylpropan-1-ol; 2-(Methylamino)-1-phenyl-1-propanol, (1R,2S)-; Benzenemethanol, α-((1S)-1-(methylamino)ethyl)-, (αR)-; NSC 170951; NSC 8971
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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of fusion

References

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

Li, Zell, et al., 1999
Li, Z. Jane; Zell, Mark T.; Munson, Eric J.; Grant, David J.W., Characterization of racemic species of chiral drugs using thermal analysis, thermodynamic calculation, and structural studies, J. Pharm. Sci., 1999, 88, 3, 337-346, https://doi.org/10.1021/js980205u . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion

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