CHEBI:16866 - alizarin

ChEBI IDCHEBI:16866
ChEBI Namealizarin
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DefinitionA dihydroxyanthraquinone that is anthracene-9,10-dione in which the two hydroxy groups are located at positions 1 and 2.
Secondary ChEBI IDsCHEBI:2574, CHEBI:13756, CHEBI:22312, CHEBI:87354
Last Modified13 November 2017
SubmitterSteve
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FormulaC14H8O4
Net Charge0
Average Mass240.214
Monoisotopic Mass240.04226
SMILESO=C1c2ccccc2C(=O)c2c1ccc(O)c2O
InChIInChI=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
InChIKeyRGCKGOZRHPZPFP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Wikipedia
Roles Classification
Chemical Role:
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:
plant metabolite  Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.
Application:
dye 
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
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 Relation(s)
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
Synonyms  Source
AlizarinKEGG COMPOUND
DihydroxyanthraquinoneKEGG COMPOUND
1,2-DihydroxyanthraquinoneKEGG COMPOUND
Dihydroxy-9,10-anthracenedioneKEGG COMPOUND
1,2-dihydroxy-9,10-anthraquinoneIUPAC
1,2-dihydroxyanthra-9,10-quinoneNIST Chemistry WebBook
UniProt Name  Source
alizarinUniProt
Manual XrefsDatabases
C01474KEGG COMPOUND
AlizarinWikipedia
C00002785KNApSAcK
ALIZARINMetaCyc
LSM-25636LINCS
Registry NumbersSources
Gmelin:34541Gmelin
Reaxys:1914037Reaxys
CAS:72-48-0KEGG COMPOUND
CAS:72-48-0ChemIDplus
CAS:72-48-0NIST Chemistry WebBook
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