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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

Classification

Strictly broader compounds or drug classes this molecule belongs to.

• CHEBI:33853 CHEBI:33853
• CHEBI:83403 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

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

• cas:88-04-0
• drugcentral:3094
• kegg.compound:C14715
• kegg.drug:D03473
• lincs.smallmolecule:LSM-19962
• patent:US2350677
• ppdb:1615
• reaxys:1862539
• vsdb:1615
• wikipedia.en:Chloroxylenol

Activity roles

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

• CHEBI:48219 CHEBI:48219

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:34393	4-chloro-3,5-dimethylphenol	antibioticmech:chebi-ea52ac090b	2026-08-30

Curation history

1. SEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources

   Seeded from data/raw/ inventories (CHEBI)

2. RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources

   Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories

3. RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources

   Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories

Provenance

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