phenol

CHEBI:15882 ·resolve ·BIOCIDE ·EXACT SEEDED

An organic hydroxy compound that consists of benzene bearing a single hydroxy substituent. The parent of the class of phenols. — 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:33853 CHEBI:33853

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C6H6O
Charge	0
Average mass	94.113 Da
Monoisotopic mass	94.04186 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	ISWSIDIOOBJBQZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

Oc1ccccc1

InChI

InChI=1S/C6H6O/c7-6-4-2-1-3-5-6/h1-5,7H

Also called

Benzenol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Carbolsäure (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Hydroxybenzene (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Karbolsäure (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Oxybenzene (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
PHENOL (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
PhOH (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Phenic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Phenol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Phenylic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Phenylic alcohol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
acide carbolique (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
acide phénique (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
carbolic acid (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
phénol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

cas:108-95-2
drugbank:DB03255
drugcentral:4266
gmelin:2794
hmdb:HMDB0000228
kegg.compound:C00146
kegg.compound:C15584
kegg.drug:D00033
kegg.drug:D06536
knapsack:C00002664
pdb-ccd:IPH
reaxys:969616
umbbd.compound:c0128
wikipedia.en:Phenol

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:15882`	phenol	`antibioticmech:chebi-3957391cbb`	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.