Basic information
- CAS
21598-06-1- Standard SMILES
O=C(O)c1cc2cc(O)ccc2[nH]1- InChIKey
BIMHWDJKNOMNLD-UHFFFAOYSA-N- Molecular formula
- C9H7NO3
- Average molar mass
- 177.16 g/mol
- Monoisotopic mass
- 177.04259308
Overview
5-Hydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid is an indolyl carboxylic acid.
Names & identifiers
- Preferred name
- 5-Hydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid
- IUPAC
- 5-hydroxy-1H-indole-2-carboxylic acid
- English name
- 5-Hydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid
- Molecular formula
- C9H7NO3
- Molecular weight
- 177.16
Names & synonyms
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Database identifiers
- CAS
21598-06-1- PubChem CID
- 88958
- DTXSID
DTXSID50175959- ChEMBL
CHEMBL1368373- ChEBI
CHEBI:167509- UNII
- 5XP5R85YFD
- EC Number
- 244-468-6
- Nikkaji
- J226.235E
Properties
Computed structural properties
- XLogP
- 2
- Topological polar surface area
- 73.3 Ų
- Hydrogen bond donors
- 3
- Hydrogen bond acceptors
- 3
- Rotatable bonds
- 1
- Heavy atoms
- 13
- Formal charge
- 0
- Complexity
- 219
Physicochemical properties
- Melting point
- 249 °C · 249 °C (dec.) (lit.)
- Boiling point
- 309.06 °C · 309.06°C (rough estimate)
- Density
- 1.3312 · 1.3312 (rough estimate)
- refractive index
- 1.52 · 1.5200 (estimate)
- storage temp.
- 2 · Sealed in dry,2-8°C
- solubility
- chloroform/ethanol (1:1): soluble50mg/mL, clear to slightly hazy, yellow to brown
- form
- Fuming Liquid
- pka
- 4.38 · 4.38±0.30(Predicted)
- color
- Clear colorless to slightly yellow
- BRN
- 153214 · 153214
- CAS DataBase Reference
- 21598 · 21598-06-1(CAS DataBase Reference)
- FDA UNII
- 5 XP5R85YFD · 5XP5R85YFD
- UNSPSC Code
- 12352100 · 12352100
- NACRES
- 22 · NA.22
- Symbol(GHS)
- 7 · GHS07
- Signal word
- Warning
- Hazard statements
- 315 · H315-H319-H335
- Precautionary statements
- 261 · P261-P280a-P304+P340-P305+P351+P338-P405-P501a
- Hazard Codes
- Xi,Xn
- Risk Statements
- 36 · 36/37/38-21/22
- Safety Statements
- 26 · 26-36-36/37/39
- WGK Germany
- 3 · 3
- HS Code
- 29339900 · 29339900
Safety & regulation
GHS classification
GHS Classification
Warning
H315 (100%): Causes skin irritation [Warning Skin corrosion/irritation]
P261, P264, P264+P265, P271, P280, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P319, P321, P332+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364, P403+P233, P405, and P501 (click each P-code to see the statement)
Aggregated GHS information provided per 45 reports by companies from 4 notifications to the ECHA C&L Inventory. Each notification may be associated with multiple companies.
Hazard information
Safety data
- wgk
- 3
- hs_code
- 29339900
- risk_code
- 36/37/38-21/22
- Signal word
- Warning
- Symbol(GHS)
- GHS07
- hazard_code
- Xi,Xn
- safety_code
- 26-36-36/37/39
- Hazard statements
- H315-H319-H335
- Precautionary statements
- P261-P280a-P304+P340-P305+P351+P338-P405-P501a
Chemistry & industry
Applications
Uses• ;Reactant for preparation of indole C5-O-substituted seco-cyclopropylindole analogs as potential anticancer agents• ;Reactant for microwave combinatorial synthesis of indolic arylpiperazine derivatives as ligands for 5-HT1A, 5-HT2A, and 5-HT2C receptors1• ;Reactant for preparation of melanins as novel nature-inspired radioprotectors2• ;Reactant for preparation of 5-Hydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid amides as histamine-3 receptor inverse agonists for the treatment of obesity3• ;Reactant for preparation of conformationally constrained peptidomimetic inhibitors of signal
Uses5-Hydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid was used in HPLC-amperometric detection of serotonin in plasma, platelets and urine.
UsesA competitive antagonist of potentiation by glycine at the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors that have been linked to neuronal death, assiciated to such afflictions as stroke and epilepsy.
General Description5-Hydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid on oxidation with KMnO4 yields pyrrole-2,3,5-tricarboxylic acid.
Upstream & downstream products
Downstream products
Suppliers84 total
Additional notes
DefinitionChEBI: 5-Hydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid is an indolyl carboxylic acid.
Related reactions
Compound notes
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