CHEBI:81494 - tricaine

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ChEBI Name tricaine
ChEBI ID CHEBI:81494
Definition A benzoate ester that is the ethyl ester of 3-aminobenzoic acid. Used (in the form of its methanesulfonate salt) as an anaesthetic for fish.
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Formula C9H11NO2
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 165.189
Monoisotopic Mass 165.07898
InChI InChI=1S/C9H11NO2/c1-2-12-9(11)7-4-3-5-8(10)6-7/h3-6H,2,10H2,1H3
InChIKey ZMCBYSBVJIMENC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES C1=C(C=CC=C1C(=O)OCC)N
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): Bronsted base
A molecular entity capable of accepting a hydron from a donor (Bronsted acid).
(via organic amino compound )
Application(s): general anaesthetic
Substance that produces loss of consciousness.
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Outgoing tricaine (CHEBI:81494) has functional parent 3-aminobenzoic acid (CHEBI:42682)
tricaine (CHEBI:81494) has role general anaesthetic (CHEBI:38869)
tricaine (CHEBI:81494) is a benzoate ester (CHEBI:36054)
tricaine (CHEBI:81494) is a substituted aniline (CHEBI:48975)
tricaine (CHEBI:81494) is conjugate base of tricaine(1+) (CHEBI:131337)
Incoming tricaine(1+) (CHEBI:131337) is conjugate acid of tricaine (CHEBI:81494)
IUPAC Name
ethyl 3-aminobenzoate
Synonyms Sources
3-(Ethoxycarbonyl)aniline ChemIDplus
3-Aminobenzoic acid ethyl ester ChemIDplus
AI3-02743 ChemIDplus
Ethyl m-aminobenzoate ChemIDplus
m-Aminobenzoic acid, ethyl ester NIST Chemistry WebBook
m-Ethoxycarbonylaniline ChemIDplus
metacaine ChEBI
Manual Xrefs Databases
C18090 KEGG COMPOUND
FG7 PDBeChem
Tricaine_mesylate Wikipedia
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
1101967 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
582-33-2 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
582-33-2 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
Last Modified
01 April 2016