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CHEBI:29385 - cyclooctasulfur

ChEBI IDCHEBI:29385
ChEBI Namecyclooctasulfur
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DefinitionA homomonocyclic compound composed of eight sulfur atoms. It has been isolated from Ganoderma lucidum, a mushroom commonly used in Chinese medicine.
Last Modified18 February 2014
SubmitterKirill Degtyarenko
DownloadsMolfile
FormulaS8
Net Charge0
Average Mass256.536
Monoisotopic Mass255.77657
SMILESS1SSSSSSS1
InChIInChI=1S/S8/c1-2-4-6-8-7-5-3-1
InChIKeyJLQNHALFVCURHW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Wikipedia
Roles Classification
Biological Roles:
bacterial metabolite  Any prokaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in bacteria.
fungal metabolite  Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in fungi, the kingdom that includes microorganisms such as the yeasts and moulds.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
cyclooctasulfur (CHEBI:29385) has role bacterial metabolite (CHEBI:76969)
cyclooctasulfur (CHEBI:29385) has role fungal metabolite (CHEBI:76946)
cyclooctasulfur (CHEBI:29385) is a elemental sulfur (CHEBI:33403)
cyclooctasulfur (CHEBI:29385) is a homomonocyclic compound (CHEBI:36913)
IUPAC Name 
octathiocane
Synonyms  Source
S8IUPAC
cyclooctasulfurChemIDplus
octasulfurNIST Chemistry WebBook
Manual XrefsDatabases
OctasulfurWikipedia
FR2984178Patent
Registry NumbersSources
Gmelin:2973Gmelin
Reaxys:1099365Reaxys
CAS:10544-50-0ChemIDplus
CAS:10544-50-0NIST Chemistry WebBook
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