6-methoxy-2-benzoxazolinone
CHEBI:195240
·resolve ·ANTIBACTERIAL
·EXACT
SEEDED
A 2-benzoxazolinone that is substituted by a methoxy group at position 6. — 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.
Chemical structure
Computed structure properties
| Molecular formula | C8H7NO3 |
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| Charge | 0 |
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| Average mass | 165.148 Da |
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| Monoisotopic mass | 165.04259 Da |
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| Source | ChEBI |
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| InChIKey | MKMCJLMBVKHUMS-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
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SMILES
COc1ccc2nc(=O)oc2c1
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H7NO3/c1-11-5-2-3-6-7(4-5)12-8(10)9-6/h2-4H,1H3,(H,9,10)
Also called
- Coixol (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
- 6-methoxy-1,3-benzoxazol-2(3H)-one (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- 6-MBOA (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- 6-methoxy-3H-benzoxazol-2-one (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- 6-methoxybenzo[d]oxazol-2(3H)-one (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- 6-methoxybenzoxazolin-2(3H)-one (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- 6-methoxybenzoxazolinone (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- MBOA (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Cross-references
Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.
- cas:532-91-2
- chemspider:10317
- foodb.food:FDB015492
- hmdb:HMDB0036582
- knapsack:C00036627
Activity roles
Every antimicrobial role a source asserts for this compound — the
unreduced evidence behind its antimicrobial_class.
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 |
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| CHEBI |
CHEBI:195240 |
6-methoxy-2-benzoxazolinone |
antibioticmech:chebi-f2e95c9f3a |
2026-08-30 |
Curation history
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SEEDED_FROM_SOURCES
2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Seeded from data/raw/ inventories (CHEBI)
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RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES
2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories
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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/.
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