(R)-mandelic acid
CHEBI:17656
·resolve ·ANTIBACTERIAL
·EXACT
SEEDED
The (R)-enantiomer of mandelic acid. — 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 | C8H8O3 |
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| Charge | 0 |
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| Average mass | 152.149 Da |
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| Monoisotopic mass | 152.04734 Da |
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| Source | ChEBI |
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| InChIKey | IWYDHOAUDWTVEP-SSDOTTSWSA-N |
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SMILES
O=C(O)[C@H](O)c1ccccc1
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H8O3/c9-7(8(10)11)6-4-2-1-3-5-6/h1-5,7,9H,(H,10,11)/t7-/m1/s1
Also called
- (2R)-hydroxy(phenyl)acetic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- (2R)-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- (R)-2-Hydroxy-2-phenylacetic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- (R)-MANDELIC ACID (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- (R)-Mandelic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- (R)-Mandelsäure (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- (R)-α-hydroxybenzeneacetic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- (R)-α-hydroxyphenylacetic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- (−)-(R)-mandelic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- (−)-mandelic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- (−)-α-hydroxyphenylacetic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- D(−)-mandelic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- D-2-phenylglycolic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- D-mandelic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Cross-references
Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.
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:17656 |
(R)-mandelic acid |
antibioticmech:chebi-828a74eef9 |
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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