anthracene (CHEBI:35298)

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ChEBI Name	anthracene

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:35298

Definition	An ortho-fused tricyclic hydrocarbon comprising three fused benzene rings.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

Secondary ChEBI IDs	CHEBI:34538, CHEBI:40737, CHEBI:29862

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Formula

C14H10

Net Charge

Average Mass

178.22920

Monoisotopic Mass

178.07825

InChI

InChI=1S/C14H10/c1-2-6-12-10-14-8-4-3-7-13(14)9-11(12)5-1/h1-10H

InChIKey

MWPLVEDNUUSJAV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

c1ccc2cc3ccccc3cc2c1

Roles Classification
Biological Role(s):	carcinogenic agent A role played by a chemical compound which is known to induce a process of carcinogenesis by corrupting normal cellular pathways, leading to the acquistion of tumoral capabilities. (via polycyclic arene )

Application(s):	endocrine disruptor Any compound that can disrupt the functions of the endocrine (hormone) system (via polycyclic arene )

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	anthracene (CHEBI:35298) is a ortho-fused tricyclic hydrocarbon (CHEBI:37089) anthracene (CHEBI:35298) is a acene (CHEBI:35297) anthracene (CHEBI:35298) is a anthracenes (CHEBI:46955)

Incoming	anthraflavic acid (CHEBI:34250) has parent hydride anthracene (CHEBI:35298) anthrarufin (CHEBI:37501) has parent hydride anthracene (CHEBI:35298) anthracen-1-yl group (CHEBI:48287) is substituent group from anthracene (CHEBI:35298) anthracen-2-yl group (CHEBI:48371) is substituent group from anthracene (CHEBI:35298)

IUPAC Name

anthracene

Last Modified

22 February 2016