CHEBI:132833 - rac-catechin

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ChEBI Name rac-catechin
ChEBI ID CHEBI:132833
ChEBI ASCII Name rac-catechin
Definition A racemate comprising equimolar amounts of (+)- and (−)-catechin
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Submitter qingping liu
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing rac-catechin (CHEBI:132833) has part (−)-catechin (CHEBI:33992)
rac-catechin (CHEBI:132833) has part (+)-catechin (CHEBI:15600)
rac-catechin (CHEBI:132833) is a racemate (CHEBI:60911)
IUPAC Name
rac-(2R,3S)-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-3,4-dihydro-1H-chromene-3,5,7-triol
Synonyms Sources
(±)-catechin ChEBI
Catechine dl-form ChemIDplus
DL-catechin ChEBI
racemic catechin ChEBI
Registry Number Type Source
7295-85-4 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
Last Modified
27 January 2017
General Comment
2017-01-27 This is the entry for the racemic entity. There are separate entries for the individual enantiomers [(+)-catechin and (−)-catechin] and for the compound with unspecified stereochemistry.