CHEBI:1895 - 4-methylbenzyl alcohol

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ChEBI Name 4-methylbenzyl alcohol
ChEBI ID CHEBI:1895
Definition A methylbenzyl alcohol in which the methyl substituent is para to the hydroxymethyl group.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:25828
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Formula C8H10O
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 122.16440
Monoisotopic Mass 122.07316
InChI InChI=1S/C8H10O/c1-7-2-4-8(6-9)5-3-7/h2-5,9H,6H2,1H3
InChIKey KMTDMTZBNYGUNX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES Cc1ccc(CO)cc1
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): xenobiotic metabolite
Any metabolite produced by metabolism of a xenobiotic compound.
Application(s): fragrance
A substance, extract, or preparation for diffusing or imparting an agreeable or attractive smell.
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Outgoing 4-methylbenzyl alcohol (CHEBI:1895) has role fragrance (CHEBI:48318)
4-methylbenzyl alcohol (CHEBI:1895) has role xenobiotic metabolite (CHEBI:76206)
4-methylbenzyl alcohol (CHEBI:1895) is a methylbenzyl alcohol (CHEBI:25281)
IUPAC Name
(4-methylphenyl)methanol
Synonyms Sources
4-(Hydroxymethyl)toluene ChemIDplus
4-Methylbenzyl alcohol KEGG COMPOUND
4-methylbenzyl alcohol UniProt
4-Tolylcarbinol KEGG COMPOUND
alpha-Hydroxy-p-xylene KEGG COMPOUND
p-Methylbenzyl alcohol ChemIDplus
p-Tolyl alcohol ChemIDplus
p-Tolylcarbinol ChemIDplus
Manual Xrefs Databases
4-METHYLBENZYL-ALCOHOL MetaCyc
C06757 KEGG COMPOUND
HMDB0041609 HMDB
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
1856550 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
589-18-4 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
Citations Waiting for Citations Types Sources
1518957 PubMed citation Europe PMC
22033096 PubMed citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
10 January 2017