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2-heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline

CHEBI:75306 ·resolve ·ANTIBACTERIAL ·EXACT SEEDED

A monohydroxyquinoline that is 4-hydroxyquinoline bearing an additional heptyl substituent at position 2. — ChEBI

Classification

Strictly broader compounds or drug classes this molecule belongs to.

• CHEBI:38775 CHEBI:38775

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties

Molecular formula	C16H21NO
Charge	0
Average mass	243.35 Da
Monoisotopic mass	243.16231 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	UYRHHBXYXSYGHA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

CCCCCCCc1cc(O)c2ccccc2n1

InChI

InChI=1S/C16H21NO/c1-2-3-4-5-6-9-13-12-16(18)14-10-7-8-11-15(14)17-13/h7-8,10-12H,2-6,9H2,1H3,(H,17,18)

Also called

• 2-heptylquinolin-4-ol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• 4-hydroxy-2-heptylquinoline (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• HHQ (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• MY-12-62c (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• pseudan VII (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

• cas:2503-80-2
• reaxys:159724

Activity roles

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

• CHEBI:33282 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:75306	2-heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline	antibioticmech:chebi-5b4a81eb65	2026-08-30

Curation history

1. SEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources

   Seeded from data/raw/ inventories (CHEBI)

2. RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources

   Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories

3. RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources

   Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories

Provenance

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