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Viridicatin

129-24-8C15H11NO2237.258 g/mol
Organic/Inorganic Small MoleculeChEBI source record

A hydroxyquinolone that is 3-hydroxyuinolin-2(1H)-one which is substituted at position 4 by a phenyl groups. Isolated from the mycelium of several Penicillium species, it exhibits strong antibiotic activity against M. tuberculosis and also against B. subtilis, S. aureus and S. cerevisiae. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number129-24-8ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC15H11NO2ChEBI ↗
Molar mass237.258 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass237.07898 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:140443ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass237.25 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass237.078978594 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP2.4PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)49.3PubChem ↗
H-bond donors2PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors2PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds1PubChem ↗

PubChem computed values are shown separately from the ChEBI record. An exact InChIKey match was used to connect the records. Molecular descriptors do not describe a supplied product’s purity, particle size or performance.

Names & structural identifiers

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viridicatin
3-hydroxy-4-phenylquinolin-2(1H)-one
QSRVMXWVVMILDI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
O=c1nc2ccccc2c(-c2ccccc2)c1O
InChI=1S/C15H11NO2/c17-14-13(10-6-2-1-3-7-10)11-8-4-5-9-12(11)16-15(14)18/h1-9,17H,(H,16,18)

Names & synonyms

3-hydroxy-4-phenylquinolin-2(1H)-one

Names are supplied by ChEBI. Trade names and related synonyms may describe a broader product context.

Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology
hydroxyquinolineChEBI parent class · 38774 ↗
organic heterocyclic compoundorganic molecular entity

Roles recorded in ChEBI

antibacterial agentmarine metaboliteAspergillus metabolitePenicillium metabolite

Database role annotations describe reported biological or chemical roles; they are not product approvals or recommendations for use.

Mass ↔ amount of substance

Calculated from sourced mass
Equivalent amount
0.00421482 mol

Uses 237.258 g/mol from ChEBI. Assumes the substance described by this record; no purity or concentration correction is applied.

Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions
C
Carbon · 15 atoms
75.94%
O
Oxygen · 2 atoms
13.49%
N
Nitrogen · 1 atom
5.90%
H
Hydrogen · 11 atoms
4.67%

Calculated theoretical mass fractions from the reported formula and PubChem periodic-table atomic masses. These are not assay or purity results.

Research & patent references

Selected source associations
[The biosynthesis of low-molecular-weight nitrogen-containing secondary metabolite-alkaloids by the resident strains of Penicillium chrysogenum and Penicillium expansum isolated on the board of the Mir space station ]. ↗Mikrobiologiia · 2002 Nov-Dec · PMID 12526198
The isolation and some chemical properties of viridicatin, a metabolic product of Penicillium viridicatum Westling. ↗The Biochemical journal · 1952 Dec · PMID 13018322
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Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:140443

Release 255, 9 September 2026. ChEBI three-star (manually annotated) source entry. View original record ↗ · CC BY 4.0

NCBI PubChem · CID 67206 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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