
Arecoline
Arecoline is a tetrahydropyridine that is 1,2,5,6-tetrahydropyridine with a methyl group at position 1, and a methoxycarbonyl group at position 3. An alkaloid found in the areca nut, it acts as an agonist of muscarinic acetylcholine. It has a role as a metabolite and a muscarinic agonist. It is a methyl ester, a pyridine alkaloid, a tetrahydropyridine and an enoate ester. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- methyl 1-methyl-3,6-dihydro-2H-pyridine-5-carboxylate
- Molecular formula
- C8H13NO2
- Molecular weight
- 155.19 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 155.094628657 Da
- XLogP3
- 0.3
- Topological polar surface area
- 29.5 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 0
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 3
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:2814
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL7303
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID3022617
- PubMed:40889692
- PubMed:38450909
- PubMed:34999050
- PubMed:33929070
- PubMed:32717485
- PubMed:32441858
- PubMed:30910432
- PubMed:30884126
- PubMed:26908192
- PubMed:26537528
- PubMed:26464283
- PubMed:25056785
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