The molecule is an organic heteropentacyclic compound that is ibogamine in which the indole hydrogen para to the indole nitrogen has been replaced by a hydroxy group. It is the primary (and long-lived) metabolite of ibogaine, the psychoactive indole alkaloid found in the African rainforest shrub Tabernanthe iboga. It has a role as a psychotropic drug, a serotonin uptake inhibitor, a NMDA receptor antagonist and a kappa-opioid receptor agonist. It is a monoterpenoid indole alkaloid, an organic heteropentacyclic compound, a tertiary amino compound and a secondary amino compound. It derives from an ibogaine. It is a conjugate base of a noribogaine(1+).
(1R,15R,17S,18S)-17-ethyl-3,13-diazapentacyclo[13.3.1.02,10.04,9.013,18]nonadeca-2(10),4(9),5,7-tetraen-7-ol