2-methoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone

CHEBI:69522 ·resolve ·ANTIMICROBIAL_UNSPECIFIED ·EXACT SEEDED

A naphthoquinone that is naphthalene-1,4-dione substituted by a methoxy group at position 2. It has been isolated from the roots of Rubia yunnanensis. — 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:132142 CHEBI:132142
CHEBI:47985 CHEBI:47985

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C11H8O3
Charge	0
Average mass	188.182 Da
Monoisotopic mass	188.04734 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	OBGBGHKYJAOXRR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

COC1=CC(=O)c2ccccc2C1=O

InChI

InChI=1S/C11H8O3/c1-14-10-6-9(12)7-4-2-3-5-8(7)11(10)13/h2-6H,1H3

Also called

2-methoxynaphthalene-1,4-dione (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
2-Methoxy-p-naphthoquinone (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

cas:2348-82-5
reaxys:2046314

Activity roles

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

CHEBI:33281 CHEBI:33281

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:69522`	2-methoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone	`antibioticmech:chebi-cc09e3c83f`	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

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