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vitamin K7
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4-amino-3-methyl-1-naphthol is a synthetic menadione analog. It is also known as vitamin K7, and was named as such in 1950 when it was recognized as a compound with vitamin K activity.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C11H11NO
- Molecular weight
- 173.21 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 4-amino-3-methylnaphthalen-1-ol
- SMILES
- CC1=C(C2=CC=CC=C2C(=C1)O)N
- InChIKey
- YJRCNAAPGQBVFS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2.5
- Polar surface area
- 46.3 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 2
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- vitamin K
- Mass
- 173.084
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- canonical SMILES
- CC1=C(C2=CC=CC=C2C(=C1)O)N
- chemical formula
- C₁₁H₁₁NO
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Encyclopedic overview
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4-amino-3-methyl-1-naphthol is a synthetic menadione analog. It is also known as vitamin K7, and was named as such in 1950 when it was recognized as a compound with vitamin K activity.
It can be made from 2-methylnaphthalene or menadione. It forms a crystalline hydrochloride salt (C11H11NO·HCl) from hydrochloric acid. At least 1 g of the salt dissolves in 25 ml of water at 75 °C. The salt turns pink to dark violet on exposure to air and light.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “vitamin K7” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.