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Molecules
Compound

Caffeine

1,3,7-trimethylpurine-2,6-dione

Formula
C₈H₁₀N₄O₂
Molecular weight
194.19 g/mol
Atoms
24
Bonds
25
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Structure

2D projection of Caffeine, C8H10N4O2HHHONHNNNHOHHHHH

A flat projection of PubChem's computed 3D conformer, seen from its broadest side. Atoms are coloured by element (CPK) and lettered unless they are carbon; double and triple bonds are drawn as parallel lines. Pulled from PubChem on 2026-10-03.

Identifiers and properties

Formula
C8H10N4O2
Molecular weight
194.19 g/mol
IUPAC name
1,3,7-trimethylpurine-2,6-dione
InChIKey
RYYVLZVUVIJVGH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H10N4O2/c1-10-4-9-6-5(10)7(13)12(3)8(14)11(6)2/h4H,1-3H3
SMILES
CN1C=NC2=C1C(=O)N(C(=O)N2C)C
XLogP (computed)
-0.1
Formal charge
0
PubChem CID
2519

Element composition

ElementAtomsMass (Da)Share of mass
Carbon (C)896.08849.48%
Hydrogen (H)1010.0805.19%
Nitrogen (N)456.02828.85%
Oxygen (O)231.99816.48%

Counted from the structure's atoms with standard atomic masses.

Synonyms

  • caffeine
  • 58-08-2
  • Guaranine
  • 1,3,7-Trimethylxanthine
  • Methyltheobromine
  • Theine
  • Thein
  • Cafeina
  • Caffein
  • Cafipel
  • Koffein
  • Mateina
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  • Alert-pep
  • Coffeine
  • Anhydrous caffeine
  • Refresh'n
  • Caffedrine
  • Vivarin
  • Stim
  • No-Doz
  • Cafamil
  • Cafecon
  • Caffine
  • Dexitac
  • Nodaca

PubChem lists 413 names for this compound; these are the first 25, most used first.

Source

Source
PubChem, U.S. National Library of Medicine (NIH)
Record
PubChem CID 2519
Pulled
2026-10-03

Reference data only: identifiers, computed properties and geometry as PubChem published them on the pull date.