
Skatole
Skatole is a methylindole carrying a methyl substituent at position 3. It is produced during the anoxic metabolism of L-tryptophan in the mammalian digestive tract. It has a role as a mammalian metabolite and a human metabolite. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- 3-methyl-1H-indole
- Molecular formula
- C9H9N
- Molecular weight
- 131.17 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 131.073499291 Da
- XLogP3
- 2.6
- Topological polar surface area
- 15.8 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 1
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 0
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:9171
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL1329793
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID8021775
- PubMed:40947077
- PubMed:40907674
- PubMed:32092453
- PubMed:31201936
- PubMed:30599194
- PubMed:28571685
- PubMed:24333270
- PubMed:23028517
- PubMed:23009104
- PubMed:22901340
- PubMed:22753155
- PubMed:22639609
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