Ephedrine

Salts []
Ephedrine hydrochloride
Ephedrine hemihydrate
Ephedrine sulfate
Ephedrine tartrate

Esters []
Ephedrine acetate

Molecular structure via molpic
Conformer structure via 3Dmol.js
Molecular formula	C10H15NO[1]
Molecular mass	165.23 g/mol[1]
Predicted LogP	0.9[1]
Chirality	racemic[2]

Identifiers []
IUPAC name	(1S,2R)-2-(methylamino)-1-phenylpropan-1-ol[1]
SMILES	C[C@H]([C@H](C1=CC=CC=C1)O)NC[1]
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[1]
InChIKey	KWGRBVOPPLSCSI-PSASIEDQSA-N[1]

Dosing

Oral []
Threshold	1 - 2 tablets
Light	2 - 10 tablets
Common	10 - 25 tablets
Strong	25 - 50 tablets
Heavy	50 - 75 tablets

Statistically derived dosages by Sernyl

Ephedrine

Ephedrine (also known as d-Ephedrine, (+)-Ephedrine, L-(+)-Ephedrine, racephedrine, (+)-Ephedrin, (+)-(1s,2r)-ephedrine, (+)-Ephedrine anhydrous, (+-)-Ephedrine, Ephedrine, (+)- or Racephedrine) is a sympathomimetic substance of the phenylethanolamine class.

Chemistry

Ephedrine is typically found in the form of its hydrochloride, hemihydrate, sulfate and tartrate salts or its acetate ester.

Stereochemistry

(RS)-Ephedrine is a racemic mixture of the optical stereoisomers:

Stereoisomers []
(+)-Ephedrine (+)-Ephedrine (-)-Ephedrine

See also

• Phenylethanolamine
• Substituted phenylethanolamines
• Anodyne

External links

• Ephedrine / (-)-Ephedrine (Wikipedia)
• Ephedrine / (-)-Ephedrine (Wikidata)
• Ephedrine / (-)-Ephedrine (DrugBank)
• Ephedrine / (-)-Ephedrine (PubChem)
• Ephedrine / (-)-Ephedrine (Common Chemistry)
• Ephedrine / (-)-Ephedrine (UNII)
• Ephedrine / (-)-Ephedrine (EPA DSSTox)