acridine (CHEBI:36420)

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ChEBI Name	acridine

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:36420

Definition	A polycyclic heteroarene that is anthracene in which one of the central CH groups is replaced by a nitrogen atom.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

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Formula

C13H9N

Net Charge

Average Mass

179.21730

Monoisotopic Mass

179.07350

InChI

InChI=1S/C13H9N/c1-3-7-12-10(5-1)9-11-6-2-4-8-13(11)14-12/h1-9H

InChIKey

DZBUGLKDJFMEHC-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

c1ccc2nc3ccccc3cc2c1

Roles Classification
Biological Role(s):	genotoxin A role played by a chemical compound to induce direct or indirect DNA damage. Such damage can potentially lead to the formation of a malignant tumour, but DNA damage does not lead inevitably to the creation of cancerous cells.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	acridine (CHEBI:36420) has role genotoxin (CHEBI:50902) acridine (CHEBI:36420) is a acridines (CHEBI:22213) acridine (CHEBI:36420) is a mancude organic heterotricyclic parent (CHEBI:36416) acridine (CHEBI:36420) is a polycyclic heteroarene (CHEBI:38180)

Incoming	quinacrine (CHEBI:8711) has parent hydride acridine (CHEBI:36420)

IUPAC Name

acridine

Last Modified

24 March 2014