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quinic acid
Sign in to saveAlso known as D-(-)-quinic acid, (-)-quinic acid, D-quinic acid, chinic acid, kinic acid
chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- C7H12O6
- Molecular weight
- 192.17 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- trans-(3R,5R)-1,3,4,5-tetrahydroxycyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid
- SMILES
- C1[C@H](C([C@@H](CC1(C(=O)O)O)O)O)O
- InChIKey
- AAWZDTNXLSGCEK-LNVDRNJUSA-N
- XLogP
- -2.4
- Polar surface area
- 118 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 5
- H-bond acceptors
- 6
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
2,670 papers- Quinic acid alleviates high-fat diet-induced neuroinflammation by inhibiting DR3/IKK/NF-κB signaling via gut microbial tryptophan metabolites.Gut microbes · 2024
- Quinic acid as a chiron in total synthesis.Natural product reports · 2026
- Quinic Acid and Synthetic Derivatives in Medicinal Chemistry.ChemMedChem · 2026
- Pharmacological insights into the multifaceted biological properties of quinic acid.Biotechnology & genetic engineering reviews · 2024
- Quinic acid esters from Erycibe obtusifolia with antioxidant and tyrosinase inhibitory activities.Natural product research · 2021
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- primary metabolite
- Has part
- carbon
- Mass
- 192.063388104
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- Commons category
- Quinic acid
- chemical formula
- C₇H₁₂O₆
- canonical SMILES
- C1C(C(C(CC1(C(=O)O)O)O)O)O
- isomeric SMILES
- O[C@@H]1C[C@@](O)(C[C@@H](O)[C@H]1O)C(O)=O
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- found in taxon
- Arabidopsis thaliana
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