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3-O-acetylmorphine

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3-O-acetylmorphine

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Also known as O(3)-Monoacetylmorphine

3-Monoacetylmorphine (3-MAM) or 3-acetylmorphine is a less active metabolite of heroin (diacetylmorphine), the other two being morphine and more active 6-monoacetylmorphine (6-MAM).

Chemical data

Formula
C19H21NO4
Molecular weight
327.4 g/mol
IUPAC name
[(4R,4aR,7S,7aR,12bS)-7-hydroxy-3-methyl-2,4,4a,7,7a,13-hexahydro-1H-4,12-methanobenzofuro[3,2-e]isoquinolin-9-yl] acetate
SMILES
CC(=O)OC1=C2C3=C(C[C@@H]4[C@H]5[C@]3(CCN4C)[C@@H](O2)[C@H](C=C5)O)C=C1
InChIKey
GMLREHXYJDLZOU-LEPYJNQMSA-N
XLogP
0.9
Polar surface area
59 Ų
H-bond donors
1
H-bond acceptors
5
Formal charge
0

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Wikidata facts

Mass
327.147058
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chemical formula
C₁₉H₂₁NO₄
canonical SMILES
CC(=O)OC1=C2C3=C(CC4C5C3(CCN4C)C(O2)C(C=C5)O)C=C1
isomeric SMILES
CC(=O)OC1=C2C3=C(C[C@@H]4[C@H]5[C@]3(CCN4C)[C@@H](O2)[C@H](C=C5)O)C=C1
Commons category
3-Monoacetylmorphine
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3-Monoacetylmorphine (3-MAM) or 3-acetylmorphine is a less active metabolite of heroin (diacetylmorphine), the other two being morphine and more active 6-monoacetylmorphine (6-MAM).

Because of the acetyl-group in 3-position, 3-MAM has relatively weak affinity to μ-opioid receptors.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “3-O-acetylmorphine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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