Skip to content

capsaicin

C18H27NO3

Capsaicin has the molecular formula C18H27NO3 and a molar mass of 305.4 g/mol and a melting point of 63.5 °C.

Properties

Molecular formulaC18H27NO3
Molar mass305.4 g/mol
Exact (monoisotopic) mass305.19909 g/mol
Melting point63.5 °C
logP (octanol–water)3.6
Topological polar surface area58.6 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors / acceptors2 / 3
Heavy atoms22
InChIKeyYKPUWZUDDOIDPM-SOFGYWHQSA-N
IUPAC name(E)-N-[(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)methyl]-8-methylnon-6-enamide

Elemental composition

49 atoms across 4 elements, by mass.

ElementAtomsPercent by mass
Carbon (C)1870.79%
Oxygen (O)315.72%
Hydrogen (H)278.91%
Nitrogen (N)14.59%

Calculate with capsaicin

Related compounds

Molar mass and elemental composition are computed from IUPAC 2021 conventional atomic weights. Formula, exact mass and the computed descriptors come from PubChem, which is US government work and in the public domain. Melting point, boiling point and density come from Wikidata under CC0. Properties with no figure shown are absent from those sources rather than zero.