N-nitrosomorpholine (CHEBI:76326)

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ChEBI Name	N-nitrosomorpholine

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:76326

ChEBI ASCII Name	N-nitrosomorpholine

Definition	A nitrosamine that is morpholine in which the hydrogen attached to the nitrogen is replaced by a nitroso group. A carcinogen and mutagen, it is found in snuff tobacco.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

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Formula

C4H8N2O2

Net Charge

Average Mass

116.11850

Monoisotopic Mass

116.05858

InChI

InChI=1S/C4H8N2O2/c7-5-6-1-3-8-4-2-6/h1-4H2

InChIKey

ZKXDGKXYMTYWTB-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

O=NN1CCOCC1

Roles Classification
Biological Role(s):	carcinogenic agent A role played by a chemical compound which is known to induce a process of carcinogenesis by corrupting normal cellular pathways, leading to the acquistion of tumoral capabilities. mutagen An agent that increases the frequency of mutations above the normal background level, usually by interacting directly with DNA and causing it damage, including base substitution.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	N-nitrosomorpholine (CHEBI:76326) has role carcinogenic agent (CHEBI:50903) N-nitrosomorpholine (CHEBI:76326) has role mutagen (CHEBI:25435) N-nitrosomorpholine (CHEBI:76326) is a nitrosamine (CHEBI:35803)

IUPAC Name

4-nitrosomorpholine

Last Modified

28 July 2014