heptachlor

CHEBI:34785 ·resolve ·ANTIBACTERIAL ·EXACT SEEDED

A cyclodiene organochlorine insecticide that is 3a,4,7,7a-tetrahydro-1H-4,7-methanoindene substituted by chlorine atoms at positions 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 8. Formerly used to kill termites, ants and other insects in agricultural and domestic situations. — 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:23457 CHEBI:23457

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C10H5Cl7
Charge	0
Average mass	373.321 Da
Monoisotopic mass	369.82109 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	FRCCEHPWNOQAEU-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

ClC1=C(Cl)C2(Cl)C3C(Cl)C=CC3C1(Cl)C2(Cl)Cl

InChI

InChI=1S/C10H5Cl7/c11-4-2-1-3-5(4)9(15)7(13)6(12)8(3,14)10(9,16)17/h1-5H

Also called

1,4,5,6,7,8,8-heptachloro-3a,4,7,7a-tetrahydro-1H-4,7-methanoindene (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
1,4,5,6,7,8,8-heptachloro-3a,4,7,7a-tetrahydro-4,7-methano-1H-indene (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
1,5,7,8,9,10,10-heptachlorotricyclo[5.2.1.02,6]deca-3,8-diene (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
3-chlorochlordene (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Heptachlor (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Heptachlorane (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Heptamul (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

cas:76-44-8
kegg.compound:C14185
ppdb:378
reaxys:2058523
wikipedia.en:Heptachlor

Activity roles

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

CHEBI:33282 CHEBI:33282
CHEBI:35718 CHEBI:35718

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:34785`	heptachlor	`antibioticmech:chebi-2061f46d3b`	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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