AntibioticMech

ethanol

CHEBI:16236 ·resolve ·BIOCIDE ·EXACT SEEDED

A primary alcohol that is ethane in which one of the hydrogens is substituted by a hydroxy group. — ChEBI

Classification

Strictly broader compounds or drug classes this molecule belongs to.

• CHEBI:134179 CHEBI:134179
• CHEBI:15734 CHEBI:15734
• CHEBI:23982 CHEBI:23982
• CHEBI:50584 CHEBI:50584

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties

Molecular formula	C2H6O
Charge	0
Average mass	46.069 Da
Monoisotopic mass	46.04186 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	LFQSCWFLJHTTHZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

CCO

InChI

InChI=1S/C2H6O/c1-2-3/h3H,2H2,1H3

Also called

• Dehydrated ethanol (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
• 1-hydroxyethane (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• Alkohol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• C2H5OH (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• ETHANOL (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• EtOH (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• Ethanol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• Ethyl alcohol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• Methylcarbinol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• [CH2Me(OH)] (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• [OEtH] (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• alcohol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• alcohol etílico (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• alcool éthylique (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• etanol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• hydroxyethane (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• spiritus vini (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• Äthanol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• Äthylalkohol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• éthanol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

• cas:64-17-5
• drugbank:DB00898
• drugcentral:1076
• gmelin:787
• hmdb:HMDB0000108
• kegg.compound:C00469
• kegg.drug:D00068
• kegg.drug:D06542
• knapsack:C00019560
• metacyc.compound:ETOH
• molbase:858
• molbase:859
• pdb-ccd:EOH
• ppdb:1373
• reaxys:1718733
• umbbd.compound:c0038
• wikipedia.en:Ethanol

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:16236	ethanol	antibioticmech:chebi-23413c383b	2026-08-30

Mechanism summary

Clinical status

APPROVED

Curation history

1. SEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources

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5. RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-31 · seed_from_sources

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Provenance

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