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urocanic acid
Sign in to saveAlso known as 3-imidazol-4-ylacrylic acid, 3-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)-2-propenoic acid, Imidazole-4-acrylic acid, 3-(1H-Imidazol-4-yl)acrylic acid, 3-(1H-Imidazol-4-yl)-2-propenoate, 5-Imidazoleacrylic acid, 3-(4-Imidazolyl)acrylic acid, Imidazole-4-acrylate
pair of isomers
Chemical data
- Formula
- C6H6N2O2
- Molecular weight
- 138.12 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 3-(1H-imidazol-5-yl)prop-2-enoic acid
- SMILES
- C1=C(NC=N1)C=CC(=O)O
- InChIKey
- LOIYMIARKYCTBW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0
- Polar surface area
- 66 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 2
- H-bond acceptors
- 3
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
771 papers- Microbiota-derived urocanic acid triggered by tyrosine kinase inhibitors potentiates cancer immunotherapy efficacy.Cell host & microbe · 2025
- Urocanic acid and immunosuppression.Photochemistry and photobiology · 1989
- The Multiple Roles of Urocanic Acid in Health and Disease.The Journal of investigative dermatology · 2021
- Analytical tools for urocanic acid determination in human samples: A review.Journal of separation science · 2021
- Urocanic acid facilitates acquisition of object recognition memory in mice.Physiology & behavior · 2023
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 138.043
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- chemical formula
- C₆H₆N₂O₂
- canonical SMILES
- C1=C(NC=N1)C=CC(=O)O
- isomeric SMILES
- C1=C(N=CN1)/C=C/C(=O)O
- found in taxon
- Caenorhabditis elegans
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