4-chloro-m-cresol

CHEBI:34395 ·resolve ·BIOCIDE ·EXACT SEEDED

A hydroxytoluene that is 3-methylphenol which is substituted by a chlorine at position 4. A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryanodine_receptor" target="_blank">ryanodine receptor</a> agonist. — 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:24751 CHEBI:24751
CHEBI:83403 CHEBI:83403

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C7H7ClO
Charge	0
Average mass	142.585 Da
Monoisotopic mass	142.01854 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	CFKMVGJGLGKFKI-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

Cc1cc(O)ccc1Cl

InChI

InChI=1S/C7H7ClO/c1-5-4-6(9)2-3-7(5)8/h2-4,9H,1H3

Also called

4-chloro-3-methylphenol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
1-chloro-2-methyl-4-hydroxybenzene (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
2-chloro-5-hydroxytoluene (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
3-methyl-4-chlorophenol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
4-chloro-5-methylphenol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
6-chloro-3-hydroxytoluene (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
p-chloro-m-cresol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
p-chlorocresol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
para-chloro-meta-cresol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

cas:59-50-7
kegg.compound:C14331
kegg.drug:D03468
pdb-ccd:43M
wikipedia.en:P-Chlorocresol

Activity roles

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

CHEBI:33281 CHEBI:33281
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:34395`	4-chloro-m-cresol	`antibioticmech:chebi-fbeea9670e`	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.