C12H13NO3

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cotarnine \Co*tar"nine\ (k?-t?r"n?n or -n?n), n. [F., fr.
     narcotine, by transposition of letters.] (Chem.)
     A white, crystalline substance, {C12H13NO3}, obtained as a
     product of the decomposition of narcotine. It has weak basic
     properties, and is usually regarded as an alkaloid.
     [1913 Webster]