2,4-dihydroxy-3-methyl-6-(2-oxopropyl)benzaldehyde

CHEBI:155860 ·resolve ·ANTIBACTERIAL ·EXACT SEEDED

A dihydroxybenzaldehyde that is 2,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde in which the hydrogens at positions 3 and 6 have been replaced by a methyl and 2-oxopropyl groups, respectively. — ChEBI

Machine-generated and unreviewed. Identity, structure and cross-references come straight from ChEBI's and CARD's own data; no curator has signed off on this record yet.

Classification

Strictly broader compounds or drug classes this molecule belongs to.

Label unavailable CHEBI:26188
Label unavailable CHEBI:50196
Label unavailable CHEBI:51867

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C11H12O4
Charge	0
Average mass	208.213 Da
Monoisotopic mass	208.07356 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	NYFZWIIIOFTTKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

CC(=O)Cc1cc(O)c(C)c(O)c1C=O

InChI

InChI=1S/C11H12O4/c1-6(13)3-8-4-10(14)7(2)11(15)9(8)5-12/h4-5,14-15H,3H2,1-2H3

Also called

3-(2-formyl-3,5-dihydroxy-4-methylphenyl)-2-propanone (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
DHMBA (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Activity roles

Every antimicrobial role a source asserts for this compound — the unreduced evidence behind its antimicrobial_class.

antibacterial agent CHEBI:33282

Source concepts

Every upstream concept that resolved to this record. The merge is the product: this is what shows ChEBI and CARD are describing the same structure.

Upstream concepts merged into this record
Source	Native ID	Label	Minted CURIE	Version
CHEBI	`CHEBI:155860`	2,4-dihydroxy-3-methyl-6-(2-oxopropyl)benzaldehyde	`antibioticmech:chebi-505804cfa0`	2026-08-30

Curation history

SEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Seeded from data/raw/ inventories (CHEBI)
RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories
RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories

Provenance

Seeded by scripts/seed_from_sources.py from the committed inventories in data/raw/. View the record (YAML).

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