geranic acid

CHEBI:67264 ·resolve ·ANTIFUNGAL ·EXACT SEEDED

A polyunsaturated fatty acid that is octa-2,6-dienoic acid bearing two methyl substituents at positions 3 and 7 (the 2E-isomer). — 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:25409 CHEBI:25409
CHEBI:26208 CHEBI:26208
CHEBI:62499 CHEBI:62499
CHEBI:79020 CHEBI:79020

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C10H16O2
Charge	0
Average mass	168.236 Da
Monoisotopic mass	168.11503 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	ZHYZQXUYZJNEHD-VQHVLOKHSA-N

SMILES

CC(C)=CCC/C(C)=C/C(=O)O

InChI

InChI=1S/C10H16O2/c1-8(2)5-4-6-9(3)7-10(11)12/h5,7H,4,6H2,1-3H3,(H,11,12)/b9-7+

Also called

(2E)-3,7-dimethylocta-2,6-dienoic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
(E)-3,7-dimethylocta-2,6-dienoic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
3,7-Dimethyl-2E,6-octadienoic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
3,7-Dimethylocta-2,6-dienoate (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Geranilyc acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Geranoic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
trans-3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadien-1-oic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
trans-geranic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
trans-geranoic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

cas:459-80-3
cas:4698-08-2
hmdb:HMDB0036103
kegg.compound:C16461
lipidmaps:LMFA01030784
metacyc.compound:CPD-7618
patent:US2008161397
patent:US2012014883
reaxys:1705144
wikipedia.en:Geranic_acid

Activity roles

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

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:67264`	geranic acid	`antibioticmech:chebi-d324444dfe`	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.