CHEBI:16866 - alizarin

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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 0
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

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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
Synonyms Sources
1,2-Anthraquinonediol ChemIDplus
1,2-dihydroxy-9,10-anthraquinone IUPAC
1,2-dihydroxyanthra-9,10-quinone NIST Chemistry WebBook
1,2-Dihydroxyanthraquinone KEGG COMPOUND
Alizarin KEGG COMPOUND
alizarin UniProt
Alizarin B ChemIDplus
Alizarin Red ChemIDplus
Az ChEBI
C.I. 58000 ChEBI
Dihydroxy-9,10-anthracenedione KEGG COMPOUND
Dihydroxyanthraquinone KEGG COMPOUND
Mordant Red 11 ChEBI
pigment red 83 ChEBI
Turkey Red ChemIDplus
Manual Xrefs Databases
Alizarin Wikipedia
ALIZARIN MetaCyc
C00002785 KNApSAcK
C01474 KEGG COMPOUND
LSM-25636 LINCS
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
1914037 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
34541 Gmelin Registry Number Gmelin
72-48-0 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
72-48-0 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
72-48-0 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
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Last Modified
13 November 2017