Melatonin
CAS Registry Number®
73-31-4
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CAS Name
MelatoninMolecular Formula
C13H16N2O2Molecular Mass
232.28Cite this Page
Melatonin. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?ref=73-31-4 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 73-31-4). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Melting Point (1)
117 °CDensity (2)
1.269 g/cm³
Source(s)
- (1) PhysProp data were obtained from Syracuse Research Corporation of Syracuse, New York (US)
- (2) Wakahara, Akio; Chemistry Letters, (1972), (11), 1139-42, CAplus
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C13H16N2O2/c1-9(16)14-6-5-10-8-15-13-4-3-11(17-2)7-12(10)13/h3-4,7-8,15H,5-6H2,1-2H3,(H,14,16)
InChIKey
InChIKey=DRLFMBDRBRZALE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(CNC(C)=O)C=1C=2C(NC1)=CC=C(OC)C2
Canonical SMILES
O=C(NCCC1=CNC=2C=CC(OC)=CC21)C
Other Names for this Substance
- Acetamide, N-[2-(5-methoxy-1H-indol-3-yl)ethyl]-
- Acetamide, N-[2-(5-methoxyindol-3-yl)ethyl]-
- N-[2-(5-Methoxy-1H-indol-3-yl)ethyl]acetamide
- N-Acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine
- Melatonin
Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers
942407-96-7, 1581233-31-9
