Histamine

C5H9N3CAS 51-45-6111.15 g/mol

H2NNHN
Primary amine

Properties

Molecular formula
C5H9N3
Molar mass
111.15 g/mol
Exact mass
111.0796 Da
Density
1.19 g/mL
Melting point
83–84 °C
Boiling point
209–210 °C (at 18 Torr)
pKa
9.756
logP
-0.09Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
54.7 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
2 / 2
Rotatable bonds
2

Hazards

Danger
Acute Toxic (GHS06)Irritant (GHS07)Health Hazard (GHS08)

Aggregated from 45 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P233, P260, P261, P264, P264+P265, P270, P271, P272, P280, P284, P301+P316, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P319, P321, P330, P332+P317, P333+P317, P337+P317, P342+P316, P362+P364, P403, P403+P233, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
51-45-6
SMILES
NCCc1cnc[nH]1
InChIKey
NTYJJOPFIAHURM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C5H9N3/c6-2-1-5-3-7-4-8-5/h3-4H,1-2,6H2,(H,7,8)

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Names and synonyms

19 names · show all
  • 1H-Imidazole-5-ethanamine
  • 1H-Imidazole-4-ethanamine
  • Eramin
  • Ergamine
  • Ergotidine
  • 5-Imidazoleethylamine
  • Imidazole-4-ethylamine
  • β-Imidazolyl-4-ethylamine
  • 2-(4-Imidazolyl)ethylamine
  • 4-(2-Aminoethyl)imidazole
  • 2-(1H-Imidazol-4-yl)ethylamine
  • 2-(4-Imidazolyl)ethanamine
  • 2-(1H-Imidazol-5-yl)ethylamine
  • 2-(1H-Imidazol-4-yl)ethanamine
  • NSC 33792
  • 2-(1H-Imidazol-5-yl)ethanamine
  • 2-(3H-Imidazol-4-yl)ethylamine
  • 2-(1H-Imidazol-5-yl)ethan-1-amine
  • 2-(1H-Imidazol-4-yl)ethan-1-amine

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Stereoisomers, salts and isotopologues

The same compound in another form: other stereochemistry, a salt or hydrate, the free acid or base, or an isotope-labelled version.

Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

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