CHEBI:30745 - phenylacetic acid

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ChEBI Name phenylacetic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:30745
Definition A monocarboxylic acid that is toluene in which one of the hydrogens of the methyl group has been replaced by a carboxy group.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:25977, CHEBI:44686, CHEBI:8085
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Formula C8H8O2
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 136.14792
Monoisotopic Mass 136.05243
InChI InChI=1S/C8H8O2/c9-8(10)6-7-4-2-1-3-5-7/h1-5H,6H2,(H,9,10)
InChIKey WLJVXDMOQOGPHL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES OC(=O)Cc1ccccc1
Metabolite of Species Details
Mus musculus (NCBI:txid10090) Source: BioModels - MODEL1507180067 See: PubMed
Aspergillus niger (NCBI:txid5061) of strain var. Tieghem. See: Phytochemistry, 1988, 27(10), 3169-3173
Escherichia coli (NCBI:txid562) See: PubMed
Stachylidium (NCBI:txid796327) Marine derived fungus isolated from sponge Callyspongia sp. cf. C. flammea of strain 220 See: PubMed
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base).
(via oxoacid )
Biological Role(s): Escherichia coli metabolite
Any bacterial metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Escherichia coli.
plant metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite
Any fungal metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae ).
EC 6.4.1.1 (pyruvate carboxylase) inhibitor
An EC 6.4.1.* (carboxylase) inhibitor that interferes with the action of pyruvate carboxylase (EC 6.4.1.1).
toxin
Poisonous substance produced by a biological organism such as a microbe, animal or plant.
human metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
Aspergillus metabolite
Any fungal metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in the mould, Aspergillus .
plant growth retardant

allergen
A chemical compound, or part thereof, which causes the onset of an allergic reaction by interacting with any of the molecular pathways involved in an allergy.
auxin
Any of a group of compounds, both naturally occurring and synthetic, that induce cell elongation in plant stems (from Greek alphaupsilonxialphanuomega, "to grow").
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Outgoing phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745) has functional parent acetic acid (CHEBI:15366)
phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745) has role Aspergillus metabolite (CHEBI:76956)
phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745) has role Escherichia coli metabolite (CHEBI:76971)
phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745) has role Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite (CHEBI:75772)
phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745) has role allergen (CHEBI:50904)
phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745) has role auxin (CHEBI:22676)
phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745) has role EC 6.4.1.1 (pyruvate carboxylase) inhibitor (CHEBI:90318)
phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745) has role plant growth retardant (CHEBI:35219)
phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924)
phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745) has role toxin (CHEBI:27026)
phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745) is a benzenes (CHEBI:22712)
phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745) is a monocarboxylic acid (CHEBI:25384)
phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745) is a phenylacetic acids (CHEBI:25978)
phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745) is conjugate acid of phenylacetate (CHEBI:18401)
Incoming α-sulfophenylacetic acid (CHEBI:225282) has functional parent phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745)
(2-nitrophenyl)acetic acid (CHEBI:187870) has functional parent phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745)
(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)acetic acid (CHEBI:41941) has functional parent phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745)
(3,5-dihydroxyphenyl)acetic acid (CHEBI:131431) has functional parent phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745)
(3-bromo-4-hydroxy-5-nitrophenyl)acetyl azide (CHEBI:63481) has functional parent phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745)
(3S)-3,7-dimethyloct-7-en-1-yl phenylacetate (CHEBI:142274) has functional parent phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745)
(4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenyl)acetyl azide (CHEBI:58986) has functional parent phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745)
(4-nitrophenyl)acetic acid (CHEBI:40443) has functional parent phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745)
2-phenylacetamide (CHEBI:16562) has functional parent phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745)
5-[2-(2-oxoethoxy)ethoxy]-diclofenac (CHEBI:61752) has functional parent phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745)
N-ethylphenylacetamide (CHEBI:4737) has functional parent phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745)
antimycin A9 (CHEBI:65413) has functional parent phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745)
benzylpenilloaldehyde (CHEBI:60542) has functional parent phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745)
diclofenac (CHEBI:47381) has functional parent phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745)
gepinacin (CHEBI:82641) has functional parent phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745)
homogentisic acid (CHEBI:44747) has functional parent phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745)
hydratropic acid (CHEBI:48526) has functional parent phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745)
mandelamide (CHEBI:136824) has functional parent phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745)
methyl 3-cyano-2-phenylpropanoate (CHEBI:71185) has functional parent phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745)
phenylacetyl-CoA (CHEBI:15537) has functional parent phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745)
phenylacetate (CHEBI:18401) is conjugate base of phenylacetic acid (CHEBI:30745)
IUPAC Name
phenylacetic acid
Synonyms Sources
2-PHENYLACETIC ACID PDBeChem
2-Phenylethanoic acid HMDB
α-toluic acid NIST Chemistry WebBook
Benzeneacetic acid KEGG COMPOUND
benzeneacetic acid NIST Chemistry WebBook
Benzylformic acid KEGG COMPOUND
Omega-Phenylacetic acid HMDB
ω-phenylacetic acid HMDB
PA ChEBI
Phenylacetic acid KEGG COMPOUND
Manual Xrefs Databases
4624 DrugCentral
C00000750 KNApSAcK
C07086 KEGG COMPOUND
ECMDB04128 ECMDB
HMDB0000209 HMDB
PAC PDBeChem
PHENYLACETATE MetaCyc
Phenylacetic_acid Wikipedia
YMDB00891 YMDB
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
103-82-2 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
103-82-2 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
103-82-2 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
1099647 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
1099647 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
68976 Gmelin Registry Number Gmelin
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