chlorphenesin

CHEBI:3642 ·resolve ·ANTIBACTERIAL ·EXACT SEEDED

Glycerol in which the hydrogen of one of the primary hydroxy groups is substituted by a 4-chlorophenyl group. It has antifungal and antibacterial properties, and is used for treatment of cutaneous and vaginal infections. Its 1-carbamate is used as a skeletal muscle relaxant for the treatment of painful muscle spasm. — 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:13643 CHEBI:13643
CHEBI:26284 CHEBI:26284
CHEBI:83403 CHEBI:83403

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C9H11ClO3
Charge	0
Average mass	202.637 Da
Monoisotopic mass	202.03967 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	MXOAEAUPQDYUQM-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

OCC(O)COc1ccc(Cl)cc1

InChI

InChI=1S/C9H11ClO3/c10-7-1-3-9(4-2-7)13-6-8(12)5-11/h1-4,8,11-12H,5-6H2

Also called

chlorphenesinum (INN)— chebi
chlorphénésine (INN)— chebi
clorfenesina (INN)— chebi
3-(4-chlorophenoxy)propane-1,2-diol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
3-(4-chlorophenoxy)-1,2-propanediol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
3-(p-chlorophenoxy)-1,2-propanediol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
3-(p-chlorophenoxy)propane-1,2-diol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Chlorphenesin (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
glycerol α-p-chlorophenyl ether (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
p-chlorophenyl-α-glyceryl ether (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

cas:104-29-0
drugbank:DB00856
kegg.compound:C07928
patent:GB628497
patent:US2468423
reaxys:2210845
wikipedia.en:Chlorphenesin

Activity roles

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

CHEBI:36047 CHEBI:36047
CHEBI:86327 CHEBI:86327

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:3642`	chlorphenesin	`antibioticmech:chebi-a3150c7412`	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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