2D Structure

3D Structure

5-Methylfurfural


Properties
PID PID00089
Mol. Weight 110.112 g/mol
LogP 0.67
Water solubility 0.135 mol/L at 20 °C
Hydrogen Bond Donor 0
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor 2
Rotatable Bonds 1
XLogP3 0.7

5-Methylfurfural

Identifiers
Formula C6H6O2
PubChem CID 12097
FEMA 2702
Flavor Profile None
Smiles CC1=CC=C(O1)C=O
InChl Key OUDFNZMQXZILJD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChl InChI=1S/C6H6O2/c1-5-2-3-6(4-7)8-5/h2-4H,1H3
CAS Registry Number 620-02-0
IUPAC Systematic Name 5-methylfuran-2-carbaldehyde

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
Dahurian AngelicaBai Zhi(白芷)Angelicae Dahuricae RadixWarm, PungentLung, Spleen, StomachView Graph
Chinese Thorowax Equivalent plant: Bupleurum scorzChai Hu(柴胡)Bupleuri RadixMinor cold, Pungent, BitterLiver, Gallbladder, LungView Graph
Bugbane Equivalent plant: Cimicifuga dahurica, CiSheng Ma(升麻)Cimicifugae RhizomaCold, Sweet, PungentLung, Spleen, Large Intestine, StomachView Graph
Curculigo orchioidesXian Mao(仙茅)Common CruculigoHot,PungentLarge Intestine, StomachView Graph

Pharmacological action

5-methylfurfural has a cherry odor.



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

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