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Lactucin

1891-29-8C15H16O5276.288 g/mol

An azulenofuran that is 3-methylidene-3,3a,4,5,9a,9b-hexahydroazuleno[4,5-b]furan-2,7-dione carrying additional hydroxy, methyl and hydroxymethyl substituents at positions 4, 6 and 9 respectively (the 3aR,4S,9aS,9bR-diastereomer). Found in chicory. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number1891-29-8ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC15H16O5ChEBI ↗
Molar mass276.288 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass276.09977 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:6358ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass276.28 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass276.09977361 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP-0.7PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)83.8PubChem ↗
H-bond donors2PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors5PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds1PubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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lactucin
(3aR,4S,9aS,9bR)-4-hydroxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-6-methyl-3-methylidene-3,3a,4,5,9a,9b-hexahydroazuleno[4,5-b]furan-2,7-dione
VJQAFLAZRVKAKM-VZLIPTOUSA-N
[H][C@]12C(CO)=CC(=O)C1=C(C)C[C@H](O)[C@@]1([H])C(=C)C(=O)O[C@]21[H]
InChI=1S/C15H16O5/c1-6-3-9(17)12-7(2)15(19)20-14(12)13-8(5-16)4-10(18)11(6)13/h4,9,12-14,16-17H,2-3,5H2,1H3/t9-,12+,13-,14-/m0/s1

Names & synonyms

(3aR,4S,9aS,9bR)-4-hydroxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-6-methyl-3-methylidene-3,3a,4,5,9a,9b-hexahydroazuleno[4,5-b]furan-2,7-dione

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Classification & relationships

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Equivalent amount
0.00361941 mol

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Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions
C
Carbon · 15 atoms
65.21%
O
Oxygen · 5 atoms
28.95%
H
Hydrogen · 16 atoms
5.84%

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Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:6358

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

NCBI PubChem · CID 442266 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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