Norcodeine

Norcodeine
Clinical data
Dependence
liability
High
ATC code
  • none
Legal status
Legal status
Identifiers
  • 3-Methoxy-6α-hydroxy-4,5α-epoxy-7,8-didehydromorphinan
CAS Number
PubChem CID
ChemSpider
UNII
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
ECHA InfoCard100.006.718
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC17H19NO3
Molar mass285.343 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • COC1=C2C3=C(C[C@@H]4[C@H]5[C@]3(CCN4)[C@@H](O2)[C@H](C=C5)O)C=C1
  • InChI=1S/C17H19NO3/c1-20-13-5-2-9-8-11-10-3-4-12(19)16-17(10,6-7-18-11)14(9)15(13)21-16/h2-5,10-12,16,18-19H,6-8H2,1H3/t10-,11+,12-,16-,17-/m0/s1 N
  • Key:HKOIXWVRNLGFOR-KOFBORESSA-N N
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Norcodeine is an opiate analogue that is the N-demethylated derivative of codeine. It has relatively little opioid activity in its own right, but is formed as a metabolite of codeine following ingestion.

Norcodeine is a Schedule I Narcotic controlled substance in the US with the ACSCN of 9309 and zero annual manufacturing quota. The salts in use are the acetate (free base conversion ratio 0.826), hydroiodide (0.662), hydrochloride (0.759), nitrate (0.819), platinichloride (0.582), and sulphate (0.744).