Ipratropium bromide
Also called Atrovent and ipratropii bromidum.
An inhaled airway medicine sold as Atrovent, used for COPD and asthma. It is a synthetic relative of atropine from deadly nightshade.
Sources and notes
- The introductionfrom sourceMoleculeFinder curated
- Other namesfrom sourceWikidataIts English label and aliases on Wikidata.
- Formula and weightcomputedPubChem
- 2D drawingcomputedPubChem structure, drawn by RDKit
Where you encounter it
Dispensed on prescription, not sold on a shelf.
Sources and notes
- The line abovefrom sourceMoleculeFinder curatedFrom the group the molecule belongs to.
Explore its structure
Choose a part to light it up.
A C=O joined through an oxygen to another carbon, the link an acid and an alcohol make when they combine. Water can split it back into the two.
From: standard chemistry.
An O-H on a carbon that is not part of an aromatic ring, the group that makes a molecule an alcohol. It both gives and accepts hydrogen bonds, which helps the molecule mix with water.
From: standard chemistry.
Six carbons in a flat hexagon, sharing their electrons evenly around the ring. It is stable, flat and oily, and it stacks readily against other flat rings.
From: standard chemistry.
Sources and notes
- The drawingcomputedPubChem structure, drawn by RDKitThe page's one shipped drawing, with the chosen part lit in amber under it.
- The partscomputedFound by ruleEach part is found by a chemical pattern, never picked by hand atom by atom; its words say where they come from.
Properties and sources
Calculated by PubChem
- Molecular formula
- C20H30BrNO3
- Molecular weight
- 412.4 g/mol
- Polar surface areatopological
- 46.5 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 4
- Rotatable bonds
- 6
- Complexity
- 430
Reported Hazard label (GHS), ECHA via PubChem
Warning Irritant pictogram (GHS07); hazard statements H302
Reported Licence
The US Food and Drug Administration licenses Ipratropium bromide for human use (NDA 021527, authorized November 17, 2004), as Atrovent HFA. Drugs@FDA
Groups it belongs to
- Category
- Prescription medicine
- Family
- Airway medicines
- Chemical groups
- Alcohols, Aromatics, Esters, Halogenated
- Hazard classes
- Irritant, GHS Warning
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Questions
- What is Ipratropium bromide?
- An inhaled airway medicine sold as Atrovent, used for COPD and asthma. It is a synthetic relative of atropine from deadly nightshade.
- How toxic is Ipratropium bromide?
- Its GHS hazard label carries the signal word Warning and the hazard pictogram Irritant. from source
- What kind of molecule is Ipratropium bromide?
- Ipratropium bromide has the formula C20H30BrNO3 and a molecular weight of 412.4 g/mol. MoleculeFinder files it under airway medicines, in the prescription medicine group. from sourcefrom sourcefrom sourcefrom source
- What else is Ipratropium bromide called?
- Ipratropium bromide is also called ipratropii bromidum. from source
- Who licenses Ipratropium bromide as a medicine?
- The US Food and Drug Administration licenses Ipratropium bromide for human use (NDA 021527, authorized November 17, 2004), as Atrovent HFA. from source
Sources and notes
- Calculated valuescomputedPubChemComputed from the structure, so no laboratory conditions apply; complexity is PubChem's own structural score.
- Hazard labelfrom sourceECHA via PubChemThe label combines these classifications.
- ECHAfrom sourceAttributionSource: European Chemicals Agency, echa.europa.eu.
- Licencefrom sourceDrugs@FDARead 2026-10-21.
- Data refreshedfrom sourceMoleculeFinder2026-11-09
Keep exploring
Sources and notes
- Similar in shapecomputedRDKit Morgan/TanimotoNeighbours by structural fingerprint; the sentence names the chemical groups the two share.
- The drawingscomputedPubChem structures, drawn by RDKit