3-methylorsellinic acid

CHEBI:146309 ·resolve ·ANTIBACTERIAL ·EXACT SEEDED

A dihydroxybenzoic acid that is o-orsellinic acid in which the hydrogen at position 3 is substituted by a methyl group. — 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.

CHEBI:23778 CHEBI:23778
CHEBI:33572 CHEBI:33572

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C9H10O4
Charge	0
Average mass	182.175 Da
Monoisotopic mass	182.05791 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	VHNLJRRECIZZPX-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

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

InChI

InChI=1S/C9H10O4/c1-4-3-6(10)5(2)8(11)7(4)9(12)13/h3,10-11H,1-2H3,(H,12,13)

Also called

2,4-dihydroxy-3,6-dimethylbenzoic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
3,6-dimethyl-2,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
β-orcinolcarboxylic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

cas:4707-46-4

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:146309`	3-methylorsellinic acid	`antibioticmech:chebi-41a5693328`	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

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