Tianeptine
Also called Coaxil and Stablon.
An atypical antidepressant prescribed in France and parts of Asia, and sold in the United States as an unregulated supplement nicknamed gas station heroin.
Sources and notes
- The introductionfrom sourceMoleculeFinder curated
- Other namesfrom sourcePubChem / Wikidata
- Formula and weightcomputedPubChem
- 2D drawingcomputedPubChem structure, drawn by RDKit
- 3D modelfrom sourcePubChem 3D conformerLoaded after the page has painted, and on a phone only when you ask for it; the 2D drawing shows until it arrives.
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 carbon carrying both a C=O and an O-H, written COOH. In water it gives up that hydrogen, which is what makes the molecule an acid.
From: standard chemistry.
A sulfur carrying two oxygens and a nitrogen, written SO2N. It is a polar, sturdy group, the one the sulfa drugs are named for.
From: standard chemistry.
A nitrogen carrying one or two hydrogens. Its spare pair of electrons can pick up a hydrogen ion, so an amine is a base.
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
- C21H25ClN2O4S
- Molecular weight
- 437 g/mol
- XLogP3octanol/water, log units
- 1.2
- Polar surface areatopological
- 95.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 2
- H-bond acceptors
- 6
- Rotatable bonds
- 8
- Complexity
- 654
Reported Hazard label (GHS), ECHA via PubChem
Warning Health hazard pictogram (GHS08); hazard statements H361, H362, H373
Groups it belongs to
- Category
- Prescription medicine
- Family
- Antidepressants
- Chemical groups
- Carboxylic Acids, Amines, Aromatics, Halogenated
- Hazard classes
- Health hazard, GHS Warning
CN1C2=CC=CC=C2C(C3=C(S1(=O)=O)C=C(C=C3)Cl)NCCCCCCC(=O)OPubChem CID 68870 · Wikidata Q424260 · InChIKey JICJBGPOMZQUBB-UHFFFAOYSA-N · Data refreshed
Questions
- What is Tianeptine?
- An atypical antidepressant prescribed in France and parts of Asia, and sold in the United States as an unregulated supplement nicknamed gas station heroin.
- How toxic is Tianeptine?
- Its GHS hazard label carries the signal word Warning and the hazard pictogram Health hazard. from source
- What kind of molecule is Tianeptine?
- Tianeptine has the formula C21H25ClN2O4S and a molecular weight of 437 g/mol. MoleculeFinder files it under antidepressants, in the prescription medicine group. from sourcefrom sourcefrom sourcefrom 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.
- Data refreshedfrom sourceMoleculeFinder2026-11-09