5-methoxyindole-3-acetic acid

CHEBI:28281 ·resolve ·ANTIBACTERIAL ·EXACT SEEDED

A member of the class of indole-3-acetic acids in which the hydrogen at position 5 of indole-3-acetic acid has been replaced by a methoxy group.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:24803 CHEBI:24803
CHEBI:35618 CHEBI:35618

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C11H11NO3
Charge	0
Average mass	205.213 Da
Monoisotopic mass	205.07389 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	COCNDHOPIHDTHK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

COc1ccc2ncc(CC(=O)O)c2c1

InChI

InChI=1S/C11H11NO3/c1-15-8-2-3-10-9(5-8)7(6-12-10)4-11(13)14/h2-3,5-6,12H,4H2,1H3,(H,13,14)

Also called

2-(5-methoxy-1H-indol-3-yl)acetic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
2-(5-methoxy-1H-indol-3-yl)ethanoic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
2-(5-methoxyindole-3-yl)acetic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
5-Methoxyindol-3-ylacetic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
5-Methoxyindoleacetic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

cas:3471-31-6
hmdb:HMDB0004096
kegg.compound:C05660
metacyc.compound:CPD-12020
reaxys:187161

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:28281`	5-methoxyindole-3-acetic acid	`antibioticmech:chebi-1e2e30fb2e`	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.