CHEBI:16388 - 4-hydroxymandelic acid

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ChEBI Name 4-hydroxymandelic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:16388
Definition A 2-hydroxy carboxylic acid that is mandelic acid bearing a phenolic hydroxy substituent at position 4.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:1869, CHEBI:20410
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Formula C8H8O4
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 168.14672
Monoisotopic Mass 168.04226
InChI InChI=1S/C8H8O4/c9-6-3-1-5(2-4-6)7(10)8(11)12/h1-4,7,9-10H,(H,11,12)
InChIKey YHXHKYRQLYQUIH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES OC(C(O)=O)c1ccc(O)cc1
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): 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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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing 4-hydroxymandelic acid (CHEBI:16388) has functional parent mandelic acid (CHEBI:35825)
4-hydroxymandelic acid (CHEBI:16388) has role metabolite (CHEBI:25212)
4-hydroxymandelic acid (CHEBI:16388) is a 2-hydroxy carboxylic acid (CHEBI:52618)
4-hydroxymandelic acid (CHEBI:16388) is a phenols (CHEBI:33853)
4-hydroxymandelic acid (CHEBI:16388) is conjugate acid of 4-hydroxymandelate (CHEBI:32804)
Incoming (R)-4-hydroxymandelic acid (CHEBI:32803) is a 4-hydroxymandelic acid (CHEBI:16388)
(S)-4-hydroxymandelic acid (CHEBI:32802) is a 4-hydroxymandelic acid (CHEBI:16388)
4-hydroxymandelate (CHEBI:32804) is conjugate base of 4-hydroxymandelic acid (CHEBI:16388)
IUPAC Name
hydroxy(4-hydroxyphenyl)acetic acid
Synonyms Sources
4-hydroxymandelic acid ChEBI
4-Hydroxymandelic acid KEGG COMPOUND
4-hydroxymandelic acid ChemIDplus
4-hydroxyphenylglycolic acid ChemIDplus
Manual Xrefs Databases
C11527 KEGG COMPOUND
HMDB0000822 HMDB
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
1198-84-1 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
2365374 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
2365374 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
486823 Gmelin Registry Number Gmelin
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Last Modified
23 October 2015