7913. Pseudocodeine

Nomenclature

CAS number: 466-96-6
(5α,8β)-6,7-Didehydro-4,5-epoxy-3-methoxy-17-methylmorphinan-8-ol; ψ-codeine; neoisocodeine.
C18H21NO3; mol wt 299.36.
C 72.22%, H 7.07%, N 4.68%, O 16.03%.

Description and references

An isomer of codeine. Review and bibliography: K. W. Bentley, The Chemistry of the Morphine Alkaloids (Oxford, 1954).

Chemical structure

Properties

White needles, mp 181-182°. [α]D -96.6° (alc). Slightly sol in water; sol in alcohol.