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nonanedioic acid

CHEBI:48131 ·resolve ·ANTIBACTERIAL ·EXACT SEEDED

An α,ω-dicarboxylic acid that is heptane substituted at positions 1 and 7 by carboxy groups. — ChEBI

Classification

Strictly broader compounds or drug classes this molecule belongs to.

• CHEBI:189840 CHEBI:189840
• CHEBI:28383 CHEBI:28383

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties

Molecular formula	C9H16O4
Charge	0
Average mass	188.223 Da
Monoisotopic mass	188.10486 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	BDJRBEYXGGNYIS-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

O=C(O)CCCCCCCC(=O)O

InChI

InChI=1S/C9H16O4/c10-8(11)6-4-2-1-3-5-7-9(12)13/h1-7H2,(H,10,11)(H,12,13)

Also called

• Azelex (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
• Finacea (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
• Skinoren (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
• 1,7-Heptanedicarboxylic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• 1,7-dicarboxyheptane (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• 1,9-nonanedioic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• AZELAIC ACID (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• Azelaic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• Azelainsäure (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• Nonandisäure (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• Nonanedioic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• acide azélaïque (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• acidum azelaicum (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• anchoic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• azelaic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• lepargylic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• n-nonanedioic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

• beilstein:1101094
• cas:123-99-9
• drugbank:DB00548
• drugcentral:270
• gmelin:261342
• hmdb:HMDB0000784
• kegg.compound:C08261
• kegg.drug:D03034
• lipidmaps:LMFA01170054
• metacyc.compound:CPD0-1265
• pdb-ccd:AZ1
• reaxys:1101094
• wikipedia.en:Azelaic_Acid

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:48131	nonanedioic acid	antibioticmech:chebi-c4a379ea2c	2026-08-30

Mechanism summary

Clinical status

APPROVED

Curation history

1. SEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources

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2. RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources

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4. RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-31 · seed_from_sources

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5. RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-31 · seed_from_sources

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Provenance

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