
Tropolone
Tropolone is a cyclic ketone that is cyclohepta-2,4,6-trien-1-one substituted by a hydroxy group at position 2. It is a toxin produced by the agricultural pathogen Burkholderia plantarii. It has a role as a fungicide, a toxin and a bacterial metabolite. It is an alpha-hydroxy ketone, an enol and a cyclic ketone. It derives from a hydride of a cyclohepta-1,3,5-triene. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- 2-hydroxycyclohepta-2,4,6-trien-1-one
- Molecular formula
- C7H6O2
- Molecular weight
- 122.12 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 122.036779430 Da
- XLogP3
- 0.5
- Topological polar surface area
- 37.3 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 1
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 2
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:79966
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL121188
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID8049416
- PubMed:23032214
- PubMed:23025237
- PubMed:22926028
- PubMed:22917559
- PubMed:22885403
- PubMed:22863449
- PubMed:22805928
- PubMed:22590003
- PubMed:22507316
- PubMed:22450442
- PubMed:22419431
- PubMed:22416696
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