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chromone
Sign in to saveAlso known as 4-oxo-4H-1-benzopyran, Benzo-gamma-pyrone, 1,4-benzopyrone, 1-benzopyran-4-one, 4-chromone
Chromone (or 1,4-benzopyrone) is a derivative of benzopyran with a substituted keto group on the pyran ring. It is an isomer of coumarin.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C9H6O2
- Molecular weight
- 146.14 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- chromen-4-one
- SMILES
- C1=CC=C2C(=C1)C(=O)C=CO2
- InChIKey
- OTAFHZMPRISVEM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.4
- Polar surface area
- 26.3 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 146.037
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- Commons category
- Chromone
- chemical formula
- C₉H₆O₂
- canonical SMILES
- C1=CC=C2C(=C1)C(=O)C=CO2
- found in taxon
- Myroxylon peruiferum
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Chromone (or 1,4-benzopyrone) is a derivative of benzopyran with a substituted keto group on the pyran ring. It is an isomer of coumarin.
Derivatives of chromone are collectively known as chromones. Most, though not all, chromones are also phenylpropanoids.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “chromone” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.