alizarin (CHEBI:16866)

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ChEBI Name	alizarin

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:16866

Definition	A dihydroxyanthraquinone that is anthracene-9,10-dione in which the two hydroxy groups are located at positions 1 and 2.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

Secondary ChEBI IDs	CHEBI:2574, CHEBI:87354, CHEBI:13756, CHEBI:22312

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Formula

C14H8O4

Net Charge

Average Mass

240.21092

Monoisotopic Mass

240.04226

InChI

InChI=1S/C14H8O4/c15-10-6-5-9-11(14(10)18)13(17)8-4-2-1-3-7(8)12(9)16/h1-6,15,18H

InChIKey

RGCKGOZRHPZPFP-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

Oc1ccc2C(=O)c3ccccc3C(=O)c2c1O

Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s):	chromophore The part (atom or group of atoms) of a molecular entity in which the electronic transition responsible for a given spectral band is approximately localized.

Biological Role(s):	plant metabolite Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.

Application(s):	dye

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	alizarin (CHEBI:16866) has role chromophore (CHEBI:23240) alizarin (CHEBI:16866) has role dye (CHEBI:37958) alizarin (CHEBI:16866) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924) alizarin (CHEBI:16866) is a dihydroxyanthraquinone (CHEBI:37484)

Incoming	1-hydroxy-2-(β-D-glucosyloxy)-9,10-anthraquinone (CHEBI:17770) has functional parent alizarin (CHEBI:16866)

IUPAC Name

1,2-dihydroxyanthracene-9,10-dione

Last Modified

13 November 2017