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NAME :	Cocaine
CHEMICAL NAME :	[1R-(exo,exo)]-3-(Benzoyloxy)-8-methyl-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester
ALTERNATE CHEMICAL NAMES :	3beta-hydroxy-1alphaH, 5alphaH-tropane-2beta-carboxylic acid methyl ester benzoate
ALTERNATE CHEMICAL NAMES :	2beta-carbomethyoxy-3beta-benzoxytropane, ecgonine methyl ester benzoate
ALTERNATE CHEMICAL NAMES :	l-cocaine, beta-cocaine, benzoylmethyl-ecgonine
CHEMICAL FORMULA	C17H21NO4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT	303.36
MELTING POINT	98° (monoclinic tablets)
MELTING POINT	195° (Hydrochloride)
MELTING POINT	58-63° (Nitrate dihydrate)
From the Merck Index 12th Edition

Cocaine Chemistry
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NAME : Cocaine

CHEMICAL NAME : [1R-(exo,exo)]-3-(Benzoyloxy)-8-methyl-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester

ALTERNATE CHEMICAL NAMES : 3beta-hydroxy-1alphaH, 5alphaH-tropane-2beta-carboxylic acid methyl ester benzoate

ALTERNATE CHEMICAL NAMES : 2beta-carbomethyoxy-3beta-benzoxytropane, ecgonine methyl ester benzoate

ALTERNATE CHEMICAL NAMES : l-cocaine, beta-cocaine, benzoylmethyl-ecgonine

CHEMICAL FORMULA C17H21NO4

MOLECULAR WEIGHT 303.36

MELTING POINT 98° (monoclinic tablets)

MELTING POINT 195° (Hydrochloride)

MELTING POINT 58-63° (Nitrate dihydrate)

From the Merck Index 12th Edition

MERCK INDEX ENTRY
2515. Coca. Erythroxylon; cuca; hayo; ipado. Dried leaves of Erythroxylon coca Lam., Erythroxylaceae. Habit. Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, cultivated in Java. Constit. 0.5-1% alkaloids in the South American, 1.5-2.5% in the Javanese leaves. In the former, the major alkaloid is cocaine; in the latter, there is very little cocaine, the alkaloids, consisting chiefly of ecgonine derivatives such as benzoyl ecgonine, methyl ecgonine, etc. The Java leaves also contain small quantities of tropococaine which is apparently absent in the South American leaves. Other "cocaine" alkaloids present are truxillococaine, isatropylcocaine or cocamine, cocaicine.

Note: This is a controlled substance listed in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21 Part 1308.12 (1995).

THERAP CAT: CNS stimulant

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