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Pseudomorphine

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Pseudomorphine (also known as oxydimorphine or dehydromorphine) is an inactive, natural dimerisation product of the morphine molecule in tandem and thus a common impurity in morphine concentrations. It was first described by Pelletier in 1835.

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568.257336872
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chemical formula
C₃₄H₃₆N₂O₆
canonical SMILES
CN1CCC23C4C1CC5=C2C(=C(C(=C5)C6=CC7=C8C(=C6O)OC9C81CCN(C(C7)C1C=CC9O)C)O)OC3C(C=C4)O
isomeric SMILES
CN1CC[C@]23[C@@H]4[C@H]1CC5=C2C(=C(C(=C5)C6=CC7=C8C(=C6O)O[C@@H]9[C@]81CCN([C@H](C7)[C@@H]1C=C[C@@H]9O)C)O)O[C@H]3[C@H](C=C4)O
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Pseudomorphine (also known as oxydimorphine or dehydromorphine) is an inactive, natural dimerisation product of the morphine molecule in tandem and thus a common impurity in morphine concentrations. It was first described by Pelletier in 1835.

This compound may be synthesized by the oxidative coupling of morphine by potassium ferricyanide.

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