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<compound>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <creation_date>2010-04-08 22:08:14 UTC</creation_date>
  <update_date>2025-11-18 23:13:30 UTC</update_date>
  <accession>FDB008768</accession>
  <name>3-Butylidene-1(3H)-isobenzofuranone</name>
  <description>Flavouring ingredient. 3-Butylidene-1(3H)-isobenzofuranone is found in wild celery and lovage.</description>
  <synonyms>
    <synonym>3-Butylidene-phthalide</synonym>
    <synonym>3-Butylidenephthalide, (E)-</synonym>
    <synonym>3-Butylidenephthalide, 8CI</synonym>
    <synonym>FEMA 3333</synonym>
    <synonym>Ligusticum lactone</synonym>
  </synonyms>
  <chemical_formula>C12H12O2</chemical_formula>
  <average_molecular_weight>188.2225</average_molecular_weight>
  <monisotopic_moleculate_weight>188.083729628</monisotopic_moleculate_weight>
  <iupac_name>(3E)-3-butylidene-1,3-dihydro-2-benzofuran-1-one</iupac_name>
  <traditional_iupac>butylidenephthalide</traditional_iupac>
  <cas_registry_number>551-08-6</cas_registry_number>
  <smiles>CCC\C=C1\OC(=O)C2=CC=CC=C12</smiles>
  <inchi>InChI=1S/C12H12O2/c1-2-3-8-11-9-6-4-5-7-10(9)12(13)14-11/h4-8H,2-3H2,1H3/b11-8+</inchi>
  <inchikey>WMBOCUXXNSOQHM-DHZHZOJOSA-N</inchikey>
  <taxonomy>
    <description> belongs to the class of organic compounds known as isobenzofuranones. Isobenzofuranones are compounds containing a 2-benzofuran moiety that carries an oxo group at the 1 position.</description>
    <direct_parent>Isobenzofuranones</direct_parent>
    <kingdom>Organic compounds</kingdom>
    <super_class>Organoheterocyclic compounds</super_class>
    <class>Isocoumarans</class>
    <sub_class>Isobenzofuranones</sub_class>
    <molecular_framework>Aromatic heteropolycyclic compounds</molecular_framework>
    <alternative_parents>
      <alternative_parent>Benzenoids</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Enol esters</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Hydrocarbon derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Lactones</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Monocarboxylic acids and derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organic oxides</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organooxygen compounds</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Oxacyclic compounds</alternative_parent>
    </alternative_parents>
    <substituents>
      <substituent>Aromatic heteropolycyclic compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Benzenoid</substituent>
      <substituent>Carboxylic acid derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Carboxylic acid ester</substituent>
      <substituent>Enol ester</substituent>
      <substituent>Hydrocarbon derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Isobenzofuranone</substituent>
      <substituent>Lactone</substituent>
      <substituent>Monocarboxylic acid or derivatives</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxide</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organooxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Oxacycle</substituent>
    </substituents>
    <external_descriptors>
    </external_descriptors>
  </taxonomy>
  <state/>
  <predicted_properties>
    <property>
      <kind>logp</kind>
      <value>3.38</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>logs</kind>
      <value>-3.11</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>solubility</kind>
      <value>1.45e-01 g/l</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
  </predicted_properties>
  <experimental_properties>
  </experimental_properties>
  <property>
    <kind>logp</kind>
    <value>3.02</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>pka_strongest_basic</kind>
    <value>-7.1</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>iupac</kind>
    <value>(3E)-3-butylidene-1,3-dihydro-2-benzofuran-1-one</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>average_mass</kind>
    <value>188.2225</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>mono_mass</kind>
    <value>188.083729628</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>smiles</kind>
    <value>CCC\C=C1\OC(=O)C2=CC=CC=C12</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>formula</kind>
    <value>C12H12O2</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>inchi</kind>
    <value>InChI=1S/C12H12O2/c1-2-3-8-11-9-6-4-5-7-10(9)12(13)14-11/h4-8H,2-3H2,1H3/b11-8+</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>inchikey</kind>
    <value>WMBOCUXXNSOQHM-DHZHZOJOSA-N</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>polar_surface_area</kind>
    <value>26.3</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>refractivity</kind>
    <value>56.28</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>polarizability</kind>
    <value>20.37</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>rotatable_bond_count</kind>
    <value>2</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>acceptor_count</kind>
    <value>1</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>donor_count</kind>
    <value>0</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>
  <pathways>
  </pathways>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsIr</type>
      <spectrum_id>5068</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsIr</type>
      <spectrum_id>5069</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>73770</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>73771</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>73772</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>133008</spectrum_id>
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      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>133009</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>133010</spectrum_id>
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      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>2825623</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>2825624</spectrum_id>
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      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>2825625</spectrum_id>
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      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>2856477</spectrum_id>
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      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>2856478</spectrum_id>
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      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>2856479</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::CMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>24200</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::CMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>168465</spectrum_id>
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  </spectra>
  <hmdb_id>HMDB0032061</hmdb_id>
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  <chemspider_id/>
  <kegg_id/>
  <chebi_id/>
  <biocyc_id/>
  <het_id/>
  <wikipidia/>
  <vmh_id/>
  <fbonto_id/>
  <foodb_id/>
  <general_references>
  </general_references>
  <foods>
    <food>
      <name>Celery stalks</name>
      <food_type>Type 1</food_type>
      <category>specific</category>
      <name_scientific>Apium graveolens var. dulce</name_scientific>
      <ncbi_taxonomy_id>117781</ncbi_taxonomy_id>
    </food>
    <food>
      <name>Lovage</name>
      <food_type>Type 1</food_type>
      <category>specific</category>
      <name_scientific>Levisticum officinale</name_scientific>
      <ncbi_taxonomy_id>48042</ncbi_taxonomy_id>
      <average_value>84.4</average_value>
      <max_value>84.4</max_value>
      <min_value>84.4</min_value>
      <unit>mg/100 g</unit>
    </food>
    <food>
      <name>Wild celery</name>
      <food_type>Type 1</food_type>
      <category>specific</category>
      <name_scientific>Apium graveolens</name_scientific>
      <ncbi_taxonomy_id>4045</ncbi_taxonomy_id>
    </food>
  </foods>
  <flavors>
    <flavor>
      <name>celery</name>
    </flavor>
    <flavor>
      <name>herbal</name>
    </flavor>
    <flavor>
      <name>lovage</name>
    </flavor>
  </flavors>
  <enzymes>
  </enzymes>
  <health_effects>
    <health_effect>
      <name>Acaricide</name>
      <id>16</id>
      <definition>A substance used to destroy pests of the subclass Acari (mites and ticks).</definition>
    </health_effect>
    <health_effect>
      <name>Anti anginal</name>
      <id>114</id>
      <definition>Any substance introduced into a living organism with therapeutic or diagnostic purpose.</definition>
    </health_effect>
    <health_effect>
      <name>Anti platelet</name>
      <id>533</id>
      <definition/>
    </health_effect>
    <health_effect>
      <name>Anti-arrhythmic</name>
      <id>129</id>
      <definition>A drug used for the treatment or prevention of cardiac arrhythmias. Anti-arrhythmia drugs may affect the polarisation-repolarisation phase of the action potential, its excitability or refractoriness, or impulse conduction or membrane responsiveness within cardiac fibres.</definition>
    </health_effect>
    <health_effect>
      <name>Anti-constrictive</name>
      <id>203</id>
      <definition>Any substance introduced into a living organism with therapeutic or diagnostic purpose.</definition>
    </health_effect>
    <health_effect>
      <name>Anti-inflammatory</name>
      <id>370</id>
      <definition>A substance that reduces or suppresses inflammation.</definition>
    </health_effect>
    <health_effect>
      <name>Anti-spasmodic</name>
      <id>619</id>
      <definition>Any substance introduced into a living organism with therapeutic or diagnostic purpose.</definition>
    </health_effect>
    <health_effect>
      <name>Arteriodilator</name>
      <id>708</id>
      <definition/>
    </health_effect>
    <health_effect>
      <name>Cyclooxygenase inhibitor</name>
      <id>849</id>
      <definition>A compound or agent that combines with cyclooxygenases (EC 1.14.99.1) and thereby prevents its substrate-enzyme combination with arachidonic acid and the formation of icosanoids, prostaglandins, and thromboxanes.</definition>
    </health_effect>
    <health_effect>
      <name>Emmenagogue</name>
      <id>900</id>
      <definition/>
    </health_effect>
  </health_effects>
</compound>
