2D Structure

3D Structure

Hydroxyacetone


Properties
PID PID00187
Mol. Weight 74.079 g/mol
LogP -0.71
Water solubility 9.12 mol/L at 20 °C
Hydrogen Bond Donor 1
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor 2
Rotatable Bonds 1
XLogP3-AA -0.7

Hydroxyacetone

Identifiers
Formula C3H6O2
PubChem CID 8299
FEMA 4462
Flavor Profile Butter, Herb, Malt, Pungent
Smiles CC(=O)CO
InChl Key XLSMFKSTNGKWQX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChl InChI=1S/C3H6O2/c1-3(5)2-4/h4H,2H2,1H3
CAS Registry Number 116-09-6
IUPAC Systematic Name 1-hydroxypropan-2-one

Organ Location Map/System Distribution of Pungent Flavor Compounds’ Targets


Note: Known Targets (Gene) from 6952 literatures, DrugBank (http://www.drugbank.ca/), STITCH (http://stitch.embl.de/), ChEMBL (https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/), Therapeutic Target Database (http://bidd.nus.edu.sg/group/ttd/), and Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD, http://ctdbase.org/)


Related Pungent TCM

English Name Pinyin Name (Chinese Name) Latin Name Properties in TCM merdians View Graph
Fleshfingered CitronFo Shou (佛手)Citri Sarcodactylis FructusWarm, Pungent, Sour, BitterLung, Spleen, Stomach, Liver, KidneyView Graph
SandalwoodTan Xiang(檀香)Santali Albi LignumWarm, PungentLung, Spleen, StomachView Graph

Pharmacological action

In foods, it is formed by theMaillard reaction, and can react further to form other compounds with various aromas. As such it finds some use as a flavoring.



Note: Click anywhere in the blank, you can drag the whole dynamic diagram. Click on a node, you can drag his location to see it more clearly. The blue circle represents pharmacology, toxicology, or daily use. Orange hexagon represents the pungent compounds.

References

1.Nursten H E. The mechanism of formation of 3-methylcyclopent-2-en-2-olone[J]. The Maillard Reaction in Foods and Medicine, 1998, 223: 65.

2.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroxyacetone