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<metabolite>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <creation_date>2016-09-30 22:50:29 UTC</creation_date>
  <update_date>2020-04-22 15:09:34 UTC</update_date>
  <accession>BMDB0002055</accession>
  <secondary_accessions>
    <accession>BMDB02055</accession>
  </secondary_accessions>
  <name>o-Cresol</name>
  <description>O-Cresol, also known as ortho-cresol or 2-hydroxytoluene, belongs to the class of organic compounds known as ortho cresols. These are organic compounds containing an ortho-cresol moiety, which consists of a benzene bearing one hydroxyl group at ring positions 1 and 2, respectively. O-Cresol exists as a solid, possibly soluble (in water), and an extremely weak basic (essentially neutral) compound (based on its pKa) molecule. O-Cresol exists in all living species, ranging from bacteria to humans. O-Cresol is a potentially toxic compound. O-Cresol has been found to be associated with the diseases known as cresol poisoning ibs; also o-cresol has been linked to the inborn metabolic disorders including celiac disease.</description>
  <synonyms>
    <synonym>1-Hydroxy-2-methylbenzene</synonym>
    <synonym>2-Cresol</synonym>
    <synonym>2-Hydroxy-1-methylbenzene</synonym>
    <synonym>2-Hydroxytoluene</synonym>
    <synonym>O-Cresylic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>O-Kresol</synonym>
    <synonym>O-Methylphenol</synonym>
    <synonym>Ortho-cresol</synonym>
    <synonym>Orthocresol</synonym>
    <synonym>O-Cresylate</synonym>
    <synonym>1-Methyl-2-hydroxybenzene</synonym>
    <synonym>2-Methylphenol</synonym>
    <synonym>O-Hydroxytoluene</synonym>
    <synonym>O-Methylphenylol</synonym>
    <synonym>O-Oxytoluene</synonym>
    <synonym>O-Toluol</synonym>
    <synonym>2-Cresol, potassium salt</synonym>
    <synonym>2-Cresol, ammonium salt</synonym>
    <synonym>2-Cresol, sodium salt</synonym>
  </synonyms>
  <chemical_formula>C7H8O</chemical_formula>
  <average_molecular_weight>108.1378</average_molecular_weight>
  <monisotopic_moleculate_weight>108.057514878</monisotopic_moleculate_weight>
  <iupac_name>2-methylphenol</iupac_name>
  <traditional_iupac>o-cresol</traditional_iupac>
  <cas_registry_number>95-48-7</cas_registry_number>
  <smiles>CC1=CC=CC=C1O</smiles>
  <inchi>InChI=1S/C7H8O/c1-6-4-2-3-5-7(6)8/h2-5,8H,1H3</inchi>
  <inchikey>QWVGKYWNOKOFNN-UHFFFAOYSA-N</inchikey>
  <taxonomy>
    <description> belongs to the class of organic compounds known as ortho cresols. These are organic compounds containing an ortho-cresol moiety, which consists of a benzene bearing one hydroxyl group at ring positions 1 and 2, respectively.</description>
    <kingdom>Organic compounds</kingdom>
    <super_class>Benzenoids</super_class>
    <class>Phenols</class>
    <sub_class>Cresols</sub_class>
    <direct_parent>Ortho cresols</direct_parent>
    <alternative_parents>
      <alternative_parent>1-hydroxy-2-unsubstituted benzenoids</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>1-hydroxy-4-unsubstituted benzenoids</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Hydrocarbon derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organooxygen compounds</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Toluenes</alternative_parent>
    </alternative_parents>
    <substituents>
      <substituent>1-hydroxy-2-unsubstituted benzenoid</substituent>
      <substituent>1-hydroxy-4-unsubstituted benzenoid</substituent>
      <substituent>Aromatic homomonocyclic compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Hydrocarbon derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Monocyclic benzene moiety</substituent>
      <substituent>O-cresol</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organooxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Toluene</substituent>
    </substituents>
    <molecular_framework>Aromatic homomonocyclic compounds</molecular_framework>
    <external_descriptors>
      <external_descriptor>a methylphenol</external_descriptor>
      <external_descriptor>cresol</external_descriptor>
    </external_descriptors>
  </taxonomy>
  <experimental_properties>
    <state>Solid</state>
    <property>
      <kind>melting_point</kind>
      <value>29.8 °C</value>
      <source/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>water_solubility</kind>
      <value>25.9 mg/mL at 25 °C</value>
      <source/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>logp</kind>
      <value>1.95</value>
      <source>HANSCH,C ET AL. (1995)</source>
    </property>
  </experimental_properties>
  <predicted_properties>
    <property>
      <kind>logp</kind>
      <value>1.89</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>logs</kind>
      <value>-0.59</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>logp</kind>
      <value>2.18</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>pka_strongest_acidic</kind>
      <value>10.37</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>pka_strongest_basic</kind>
      <value>-5.5</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>iupac</kind>
      <value>2-methylphenol</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>average_mass</kind>
      <value>108.1378</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>mono_mass</kind>
      <value>108.057514878</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>smiles</kind>
      <value>CC1=CC=CC=C1O</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>formula</kind>
      <value>C7H8O</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>inchi</kind>
      <value>InChI=1S/C7H8O/c1-6-4-2-3-5-7(6)8/h2-5,8H,1H3</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>inchikey</kind>
      <value>QWVGKYWNOKOFNN-UHFFFAOYSA-N</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>polar_surface_area</kind>
      <value>20.23</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>refractivity</kind>
      <value>33.08</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>polarizability</kind>
      <value>11.83</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>rotatable_bond_count</kind>
      <value>0</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>acceptor_count</kind>
      <value>1</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>donor_count</kind>
      <value>1</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>physiological_charge</kind>
      <value>0</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>formal_charge</kind>
      <value>0</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>number_of_rings</kind>
      <value>1</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>bioavailability</kind>
      <value>1</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>rule_of_five</kind>
      <value>Yes</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>ghose_filter</kind>
      <value>Yes</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>veber_rule</kind>
      <value>Yes</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>mddr_like_rule</kind>
      <value>Yes</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
  </predicted_properties>
  <pathways>
  </pathways>
  <spectra>
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      <type>Specdb::MsIr</type>
      <spectrum_id>1577</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsIr</type>
      <spectrum_id>1578</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsIr</type>
      <spectrum_id>1579</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::NmrTwoD</type>
      <spectrum_id>1782</spectrum_id>
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      <type>Specdb::EiMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>1142</spectrum_id>
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      <type>Specdb::NmrOneD</type>
      <spectrum_id>1842</spectrum_id>
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      <type>Specdb::NmrOneD</type>
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      <type>Specdb::NmrOneD</type>
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      <type>Specdb::NmrOneD</type>
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      <type>Specdb::NmrOneD</type>
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      <type>Specdb::NmrOneD</type>
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      <type>Specdb::NmrOneD</type>
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      <type>Specdb::NmrOneD</type>
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      <type>Specdb::NmrOneD</type>
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      <type>Specdb::NmrOneD</type>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::NmrOneD</type>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::NmrOneD</type>
      <spectrum_id>109177</spectrum_id>
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      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>1971</spectrum_id>
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      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>1972</spectrum_id>
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      <spectrum_id>1973</spectrum_id>
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      <spectrum_id>5692</spectrum_id>
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      <spectrum_id>5693</spectrum_id>
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      <spectrum_id>178410</spectrum_id>
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      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>178411</spectrum_id>
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      <spectrum_id>178412</spectrum_id>
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      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>180729</spectrum_id>
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  <normal_concentrations>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value/>
      <concentration_units/>
      <comment>Commercial milk, by CIL LC-MS</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Mung D, Li L: Development of Chemical Isotope Labeling LC-MS for Milk Metabolomics: Comprehensive and Quantitative Profiling of the Amine/Phenol Submetabolome. Anal Chem. 2017 Apr 18;89(8):4435-4443. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b03737. Epub 2017 Mar 28.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>28306241</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
  </normal_concentrations>
  <chemspider_id>13835772</chemspider_id>
  <kegg_id>C01542</kegg_id>
  <foodb_id>FDB008785</foodb_id>
  <pubchem_compound_id>335</pubchem_compound_id>
  <chebi_id>28054</chebi_id>
  <drugbank_id/>
  <knapsack_id>C00030878</knapsack_id>
  <pdbe_id/>
  <phenol_explorer_compound_id/>
  <bigg_id/>
  <wikipedia_id>O-Cresol</wikipedia_id>
  <metlin_id/>
  <meta_cyc_id>CPD-109</meta_cyc_id>
  <synthesis_reference/>
  <general_references>
    <reference>
      <reference_text>Mung D, Li L: Development of Chemical Isotope Labeling LC-MS for Milk Metabolomics: Comprehensive and Quantitative Profiling of the Amine/Phenol Submetabolome. Anal Chem. 2017 Apr 18;89(8):4435-4443. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b03737. Epub 2017 Mar 28.</reference_text>
      <pubmed_id>28306241</pubmed_id>
    </reference>
  </general_references>
  <protein_associations>
  </protein_associations>
</metabolite>
