6-Monoacetylmorphine

6-Monoacetylmorphine
Clinical data
Trade names6-Monoacetylmorphine
Other names6-acetylmorphine
Routes of
administration
Intravenous
ATC code
  • none
Legal status
Legal status
Pharmacokinetic data
Elimination half-life0.6 hours
Identifiers
  • (9-hydroxy-3-methyl-2,4,4a,7,7a,13-hexahydro-1H-4,12-methanobenzofuro[3,2-e]isoquinolin-7-yl) acetate
CAS Number
PubChem CID
DrugBank
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ChEBI
ChEMBL
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
ECHA InfoCard100.150.555
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC19H21NO4
Molar mass327.380 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
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  • InChI=1S/C19H21NO4/c1-9(21)10-8-15(23)17-16-11(10)7-13-12-3-4-14(22)18(24-17)19(12,16)5-6-20(13)2/h3-4,8,12-14,18,22-23H,5-7H2,1-2H3/t12-,13+,14-,18-,19-/m0/s1 Y[drugbank]
  • Key:JJGYGPZNTOPXGV-SSTWWWIQSA-N Y[drugbank]
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6-Monoacetylmorphine (6-MAM, 6-acetylmorphine, or 6-AM) is an opioid and also one of three active metabolites of heroin (diacetylmorphine), the others being morphine and the much less active 3-monoacetylmorphine (3-MAM).