Triamcinolone
Also called fluoxiprednisolone and fluoxyprednisolone.
A corticosteroid used for inflammation, given in joints, on skin and into the nose. Triamcinolone (C21H27FO6, 394 g/mol) is a corticosteroid dispensed on prescription.
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
- 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
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A C=O with a carbon on each side. Its oxygen accepts hydrogen bonds but has no hydrogen to give, and it resists oxidation better than an aldehyde.
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.
Fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine bonded to carbon. Each pulls electrons toward itself, and each is larger than the hydrogen the carbon would otherwise carry.
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
- C21H27FO6
- Molecular weight
- 394.4 g/mol
- XLogP3octanol/water, log units
- 1.2
- Polar surface areatopological
- 115 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 4
- H-bond acceptors
- 7
- Rotatable bonds
- 2
- Complexity
- 807
Reported Hazard label (GHS), ECHA via PubChem
Warning Health hazard pictogram (GHS08); hazard statements H351, H361
Reported Licence
The US Food and Drug Administration licenses Triamcinolone for human use (NDA 012041, authorized January 4, 1960), as Kenalog-10. Drugs@FDA
Groups it belongs to
- Category
- Prescription medicine
- Family
- Corticosteroids
- Chemical groups
- Alcohols, Ketones, Halogenated
- Elements
- Fluorine
- Hazard classes
- Health hazard, GHS Warning
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Questions
- What is Triamcinolone?
- A corticosteroid used for inflammation, given in joints, on skin and into the nose. Triamcinolone (C21H27FO6, 394 g/mol) is a corticosteroid dispensed on prescription.
- How toxic is Triamcinolone?
- Its GHS hazard label carries the signal word Warning and the hazard pictogram Health hazard. from source
- What kind of molecule is Triamcinolone?
- Triamcinolone has the formula C21H27FO6 and a molecular weight of 394.4 g/mol. MoleculeFinder files it under corticosteroids, in the prescription medicine group. from sourcefrom sourcefrom sourcefrom source
- What else is Triamcinolone called?
- Triamcinolone is also called fluoxiprednisolone and fluoxyprednisolone. from source
- Who licenses Triamcinolone as a medicine?
- The US Food and Drug Administration licenses Triamcinolone for human use (NDA 012041, authorized January 4, 1960), as Kenalog-10. 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
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Sources and notes
- The same kind of moleculefrom sourceMoleculeFinder curated groupsA structural neighbour in the same family or type group; the line names the group in its own words.
- The drawingscomputedPubChem structures, drawn by RDKit