4-chloro-3,5-dimethylphenol

CHEBI:34393 ·resolve ·BIOCIDE ·EXACT SEEDED

A member of the class of phenols that is 3,5-xylenol which is substituted at position 4 by chlorine. It is bactericidal against most Gram-positive bacteria but less effective against Staphylococci and Gram-negative bacteria, and often inactive against Pseudomonas species. It is ineffective against bacterial spores. — 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

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Label unavailable CHEBI:33853
Label unavailable CHEBI:83403

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C8H9ClO
Charge	0
Average mass	156.612 Da
Monoisotopic mass	156.03419 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	OSDLLIBGSJNGJE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

Cc1cc(O)cc(C)c1Cl

InChI

InChI=1S/C8H9ClO/c1-5-3-7(10)4-6(2)8(5)9/h3-4,10H,1-2H3

Also called

Benzytol (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
Dettol (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
chloroxylenol (INN)— chebi
chloroxylenolum (INN)— chebi
chloroxylénol (INN)— chebi
cloroxilenol (INN)— chebi
2-Chloro-m-xylenol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
2-chloro-5-hydroxy-1,3-dimethylbenzene (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
2-chloro-5-hydroxy-m-xylene (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
3,5-dimethyl-4-chlorophenol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
4-chloro-1-hydroxy-3,5-dimethylbenzene (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
4-chloro-m-xylenol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
PCMX (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
chloro-xylenol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
p-chloro-3,5-xylenol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
p-chloro-m-xylenol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
parachlorometaxylenol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
parametaxylenol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

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Drug registries

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Patents and articles

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Activity roles

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disinfectant CHEBI:48219

Source concepts

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Upstream concepts merged into this record
Source	Native ID	Label	Minted CURIE	Version
CHEBI	`CHEBI:34393`	4-chloro-3,5-dimethylphenol	`antibioticmech:chebi-ea52ac090b`	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
RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-09-10 · seed_from_sources
Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories

Provenance

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