chempirical

Ibogaine

C20H26N2OCAS 83-74-9310.44 g/mol

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EtherTertiary amine

Properties

Molecular formula
C20H26N2O
Molar mass
310.44 g/mol
Exact mass
310.2045 Da
logP
3.94Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
28.3 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
1 / 2
Rotatable bonds
2

Ibogaine — naturally occurring indole alkaloid from the West African shrub Tabernanthe iboga, long used outside the US to interrupt opioid use disorder in a single multi-day dose. Stanford's 30-veteran study (Cherian et al., Nature Medicine 2024) paired ibogaine with magnesium to mitigate QT prolongation and reported one-month reductions of 88% in PTSD, 87% in depression, and 81% in anxiety symptoms in special-operations veterans with traumatic brain injury. On 18 April 2026, with Joe Rogan standing behind him in the Oval Office, President Trump signed "Accelerating Medical Treatments for Serious Mental Illness" — directing HHS to channel at least $50M to states developing psychedelic programs and instructing the FDA + DEA to open a Right to Try pathway for ibogaine. Rogan said he had texted the president about the molecule and got back "Sounds great! Do you want FDA approval? Let's do it!" — the policy turn the field had been waiting on for two decades.

Hazards

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Identifiers

CAS number
83-74-9
SMILES
CCC1CC2CC3c4[nH]c5cc(OC)ccc5c4CCN(C2)C13
InChIKey
UCIDWKVIQZIKEK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C20H26N2O/c1-3-13-8-12-9-17-19-16(6-7-22(11-12)20(13)17)15-5-4-14(23-2)10-18(15)21-19/h4-5,10,12-13,17,20-21H,3,6-9,11H2,1-2H3

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Names and synonyms

4 names
  • 12-Methoxyibogamine
  • Iboga alkaloid
  • Endabuse
  • 12-Methoxy-ibogamine

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