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Valerenic acid

3569-10-6C15H22O2234.339 g/mol

A monocarboxylic acid that is 2-methylprop-2-enoic acid which is substituted at position 3 by a 3,7-dimethyl-2,4,5,6,7,7a-hexahydro-1H-inden-4-yl group. A bicyclic sesquiterpenoid constituent of the essential oil of the Valerian plant. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number3569-10-6ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC15H22O2ChEBI ↗
Molar mass234.339 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass234.16198 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:9921ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass234.33 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass234.161979940 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP3.2PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)37.3PubChem ↗
H-bond donors1PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors2PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds2PubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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valerenic acid
(2E)-3-[(4S,7R,7aR)-3,7-dimethyl-2,4,5,6,7,7a-hexahydro-1H-inden-4-yl]-2-methylprop-2-enoic acid
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[H][C@]12CCC(C)=C1[C@H](/C=C(C)C(=O)O)CC[C@H]2C
InChI=1S/C15H22O2/c1-9-4-6-12(8-11(3)15(16)17)14-10(2)5-7-13(9)14/h8-9,12-13H,4-7H2,1-3H3,(H,16,17)/b11-8+/t9-,12+,13-/m1/s1

Names & synonyms

(2E)-3-[(4S,7R,7aR)-3,7-dimethyl-2,4,5,6,7,7a-hexahydro-1H-inden-4-yl]-2-methylprop-2-enoic acid

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Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

volatile oil componentsedativeGABA modulatorplant metabolite

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.00426732 mol

Uses 234.339 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
76.88%
O
Oxygen · 2 atoms
13.65%
H
Hydrogen · 22 atoms
9.46%

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US2012022283 · Patent reference ↗Patent cross-reference supplied by ChEBI. Association alone does not establish claim scope.

Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:9921

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

NCBI PubChem · CID 6440940 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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