biphenyl

CHEBI:17097 ·resolve ·ANTIFUNGAL ·EXACT SEEDED

A benzenoid aromatic compound that consists of two benzene rings connected by a single covalent bond. Biphenyl occurs naturally in coal tar, crude oil, and natural gas. Formerly used as a fungicide for citrus crops. — 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:22712 CHEBI:22712
CHEBI:22888 CHEBI:22888
CHEBI:87034 CHEBI:87034

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C12H10
Charge	0
Average mass	154.212 Da
Monoisotopic mass	154.07825 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	ZUOUZKKEUPVFJK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

c1ccc(-c2ccccc2)cc1

InChI

InChI=1S/C12H10/c1-3-7-11(8-4-1)12-9-5-2-6-10-12/h1-10H

Also called

1,1'-biphenyl (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
1,1'-Biphenyl (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
1,1'-Diphenyl (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Biphenyl (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
E230 (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Phenylbenzene (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

cas:92-52-4
gmelin:3808
hmdb:HMDB0034437
kegg.compound:C06588
metacyc.compound:BIPHENYL
pdb-ccd:BNL
pesticides:biphenyl
ppdb:82
reaxys:1634058
umbbd.compound:c0371
wikipedia.en:Biphenyl

Activity roles

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

CHEBI:24127 CHEBI:24127
CHEBI:65256 CHEBI:65256
CHEBI:86328 CHEBI:86328

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:17097`	biphenyl	`antibioticmech:chebi-cc9fb18e3b`	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

Seeded by scripts/seed_from_sources.py from the committed inventories in data/raw/. View the record.