chalcone
Also known as trans-chalcone, trans-benzylideneacetophenone, (E)-1,3-diphenyl-2-propen-1-one, (E)-chalcone
Chalcone is the organic compound C6H5C(O)CH=CHC6H5. It is an α,β-unsaturated ketone. A variety of important biological compounds are known collectively as chalcones or chalconoids. They are widely known bioactive substances, fluorescent materials, and chemical intermediates.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C15H12O
- Molecular weight
- 208.25 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- (E)-1,3-diphenylprop-2-en-1-one
- SMILES
- C1=CC=C(C=C1)/C=C/C(=O)C2=CC=CC=C2
- InChIKey
- DQFBYFPFKXHELB-VAWYXSNFSA-N
- XLogP
- 3.1
- Polar surface area
- 17.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
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11 sectionsContents
- Chemical properties
- Biosynthesis
- Laboratory synthesis
- Potential pharmacology
- Uses
- Medicinal uses
- Industrial uses
- Uses in organic chemistry
- See also
- References
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Chalcone is the organic compound C6H5C(O)CH=CHC6H5. It is an α,β-unsaturated ketone. A variety of important biological compounds are known collectively as chalcones or chalconoids. They are widely known bioactive substances, fluorescent materials, and chemical intermediates.
== Chemical properties == Chalcones have two absorption maxima at 280 nm and 340 nm.