CHEBI:27978 - 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde

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ChEBI Name 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde
ChEBI ID CHEBI:27978
Definition A phenylacetaldehyde in which the 3 and 4 positions of the phenyl group are substituted by hydroxy groups.
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Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:1385, CHEBI:19888
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Formula C8H8O3
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 152.14730
Monoisotopic Mass 152.04734
InChI InChI=1S/C8H8O3/c9-4-3-6-1-2-7(10)8(11)5-6/h1-2,4-5,10-11H,3H2
InChIKey IADQVXRMSNIUEL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES [H]C(=O)Cc1ccc(O)c(O)c1
Metabolite of Species Details
Mus musculus (NCBI:txid10090) Source: BioModels - MODEL1507180067 See: PubMed
Escherichia coli (NCBI:txid562) See: PubMed
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) See: DOI
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): Escherichia coli metabolite
Any bacterial metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Escherichia coli.
human metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
mouse metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in a mouse (Mus musculus).
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Outgoing 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde (CHEBI:27978) has role Escherichia coli metabolite (CHEBI:76971)
3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde (CHEBI:27978) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde (CHEBI:27978) has role mouse metabolite (CHEBI:75771)
3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde (CHEBI:27978) is a α-CH2-containing aldehyde (CHEBI:73359)
3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde (CHEBI:27978) is a catechols (CHEBI:33566)
3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde (CHEBI:27978) is a phenylacetaldehydes (CHEBI:25973)
IUPAC Name
(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)acetaldehyde
Synonyms Sources
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)ethanal ChEBI
3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde KEGG COMPOUND
3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde UniProt
DOPAL ChEBI
Protocatechuatealdehyde KEGG COMPOUND
Manual Xrefs Databases
3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde Wikipedia
34-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETALDEHYDE MetaCyc
C00052036 KNApSAcK
C04043 KEGG COMPOUND
FDB023227 FooDB
HMDB0003791 HMDB
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
1941234 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
5707-55-1 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
Citations Waiting for Citations Types Sources
12729575 PubMed citation Europe PMC
14556942 PubMed citation Europe PMC
17379813 PubMed citation Europe PMC
19537779 PubMed citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
19 October 2021
General Comment
2011-01-13 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde is a metabolite of the neurotransmitter dopamine.