CHEBI:32807 - o-orsellinic acid

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ChEBI Name o-orsellinic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:32807
ChEBI ASCII Name o-orsellinic acid
Definition A dihydroxybenzoic acid that is 2,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid in which the hydrogen at position 6 is replaced by a methyl group.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:7791, CHEBI:25621
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Formula C8H8O4
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 168.148
Monoisotopic Mass 168.04226
InChI InChI=1S/C8H8O4/c1-4-2-5(9)3-6(10)7(4)8(11)12/h2-3,9-10H,1H3,(H,11,12)
InChIKey AMKYESDOVDKZKV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES CC1=C(C(O)=O)C(O)=CC(O)=C1
Metabolite of Species Details
Ascomycota sp. Ind19F07 (NCBI:txid1583058) See: PubMed
Penicillium purpurogenum (NCBI:txid28575) Found in mycelium (BTO:0001436). Ethylacetate extract of fermentation broth and acetone extract of mycelia of strain JS03 21 See: PubMed
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base).
(via oxoacid )
Biological Role(s): marine metabolite
Any metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in marine macro- and microorganisms.
fungal metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in fungi, the kingdom that includes microorganisms such as the yeasts and moulds.
metabolite
Any intermediate or product resulting from metabolism. The term 'metabolite' subsumes the classes commonly known as primary and secondary metabolites.
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Outgoing o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807) has role fungal metabolite (CHEBI:76946)
o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807) has role marine metabolite (CHEBI:76507)
o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807) has role metabolite (CHEBI:25212)
o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807) is a dihydroxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:23778)
o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807) is a resorcinols (CHEBI:33572)
o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807) is conjugate acid of o-orsellinate (CHEBI:16162)
Incoming 3,5-dimethylorsellinic acid (CHEBI:132131) has functional parent o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807)
3-methylorsellinic acid (CHEBI:146309) has functional parent o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807)
5-methylorsellinic acid (CHEBI:146307) has functional parent o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807)
o-orsellinate depside (CHEBI:15871) has functional parent o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807)
brartemicin (CHEBI:65512) has functional parent o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807)
comazaphilone D (CHEBI:70013) has functional parent o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807)
FR191512 (CHEBI:65912) has functional parent o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807)
globosumone A (CHEBI:68705) has functional parent o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807)
globosumone B (CHEBI:68706) has functional parent o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807)
melleolide F (CHEBI:167712) has functional parent o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807)
papulacandin (CHEBI:72596) has functional parent o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807)
purpurquinone A (CHEBI:69469) has functional parent o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807)
purpurquinone C (CHEBI:69471) has functional parent o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807)
o-orsellinate (CHEBI:16162) is conjugate base of o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807)
IUPAC Name
2,4-dihydroxy-6-methylbenzoic acid
Synonyms Sources
2,4-Dihydroxy-6-methylbenzoic acid KEGG COMPOUND
4,6-Dihydroxy-o-toluic acid KEGG COMPOUND
o-Orsellinic acid KEGG COMPOUND
orsellic acid ChemIDplus
orsellinic acid ChEBI
Orsellinsäure ChEBI
Manual Xrefs Databases
6X7 PDBeChem
C00000487 KNApSAcK
C01839 KEGG COMPOUND
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
2211027 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
2211027 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
480-64-8 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
480-64-8 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
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06 June 2022