Cinchonine
ALDRICH/27370 - crystallized, ≥98.0% (NT)
Synonym: NSC 6176
CAS Number: 118-10-5
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C19H22N2O
Molecular Weight: 294.39
EC Number: 204-234-6
MDL Number: MFCD00064372
Linear Formula: C19H22N2O
Product Type: Chemical
| assay | ≥98.0% (NT) |
| form | powder |
| functional group | hydroxyl |
| impurities | ~15% dihydrocinchonine (HPLC) |
| InChI | 1S/C19H22N2O/c1-2-13-12-2 |
| InChI key | KMPWYEUPVWOPIM-QAMTZSDWSA |
| mp | 260-263 °C |
| optical activity | [α]20/D +225±5°, c = 0.5% in ethanol |
| quality | crystallized |
| Quality Level | 100 ![]() |
| SMILES string | O[C@H]([C@H]1C[C@@H]2CCN1 |
| Application: | Cinchonine can be used: • As a substrate in the study of supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) parameters in pharmaceutical analysis. • To prepare possible butyrylcholinesterase inhibitors. |
| General description: | Cinchonine is a cinchona alkaloid generally found in the bark of Cinchona officinalis plants. It is a pseudoenantiomer that is commonly employed in malaria therapy. Cinchonine is also used as an organocatalyst in many asymmetric reactions. |
| Packaging: | 25, 100 g in poly bottle |
| Symbol | GHS07 |
| Signal word | Warning |
| Hazard statements | H302 - H317 |
| Precautionary statements | P261 - P264 - P270 - P280 - P301 + P312 - P302 + P352 |
| Hazard Codes | Xn |
| Risk Statements | 20/22 |
| Safety Statements | 26-36 |
| RIDADR | NONH for all modes of transport |
| WGK Germany | WGK 3 |
| Purity | ≥98.0% (NT) |
| mp | 260-263 °C |
| UNSPSC | 12352104 |


