Basic Information

• English Name: Phenylephrine Hydrochloride

• CAS Number: 61-76-7

• EINECS Number: 200-517-3

• Molecular Formula: C9H14ClNO2

• Molecular Weight: 203.666

Physical Properties

• Melting Point: 140-145°C (literature value)

• Boiling Point: 341.1°C at 760 mmHg

• Flash Point: 163.4°C

• Refractive Index: -45.5° (C=1, H2O)

Uses

Phenylephrine Hydrochloride is primarily used in the pharmaceutical industry as a raw material. It is a selective α1-adrenoceptor agonist with multiple pharmacological effects, such as increasing cardiac contractility and promoting proliferation of cardiac fibroblasts.