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  <version>1.0</version>
  <creation_date>2026-09-21 17:40:43 UTC</creation_date>
  <update_date>2026-09-21 17:40:43 UTC</update_date>
  <accession>FDB116826</accession>
  <name>Aristolochic acid</name>
  <description/>
  <synonyms>
    <synonym>8-methoxy-6-nitro-naphtho[2,1-g][1,3]benzodioxole-5-carboxylic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>8-methoxy-6-nitronaphtho[2,1-g][1,3]benzodioxole-5-carboxylic acid</synonym>
  </synonyms>
  <chemical_formula>C17H11NO7</chemical_formula>
  <average_molecular_weight>341.2717</average_molecular_weight>
  <monisotopic_moleculate_weight>341.053551711</monisotopic_moleculate_weight>
  <iupac_name>6-methoxy-9-nitro-14,16-dioxatetracyclo[8.7.0.0²,⁷.0¹³,¹⁷]heptadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13(17)-heptaene-11-carboxylic acid</iupac_name>
  <traditional_iupac>birthwort</traditional_iupac>
  <cas_registry_number/>
  <smiles>COC1=CC=CC2=C3C4=C(OCO4)C=C(C(O)=O)C3=C(C=C12)N(=O)=O</smiles>
  <inchi>InChI=1S/C17H11NO7/c1-23-12-4-2-3-8-9(12)5-11(18(21)22)14-10(17(19)20)6-13-16(15(8)14)25-7-24-13/h2-6H,7H2,1H3,(H,19,20)</inchi>
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    <description> belongs to the class of organic compounds known as aristolochic acids and derivatives. These are organic heterocyclic compounds with a structure characterized by a nitrophenanthro[3,4-d][1,3]dioxole ring system substituted at position 5, 6, and 8 by a carboxyl group (or a derivative thereof), a nitro group, and a methoxy group, respectively.</description>
    <direct_parent>Aristolochic acids and derivatives</direct_parent>
    <kingdom>Organic compounds</kingdom>
    <super_class>Benzenoids</super_class>
    <class>Phenanthrenes and derivatives</class>
    <sub_class>Aristolochic acids and derivatives</sub_class>
    <molecular_framework>Aromatic heteropolycyclic compounds</molecular_framework>
    <alternative_parents>
      <alternative_parent>Acetals</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Alkyl aryl ethers</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Anisoles</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Benzodioxoles</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Carboxylic acids</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Hydrocarbon derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Monocarboxylic acids and derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Naphthalenecarboxylic acids</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Nitroaromatic compounds</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Nitronaphthalenes</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organic oxides</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organic oxoazanium compounds</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organonitrogen compounds</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organopnictogen compounds</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Oxacyclic compounds</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Propargyl-type 1,3-dipolar organic compounds</alternative_parent>
    </alternative_parents>
    <substituents>
      <substituent>1-naphthalenecarboxylic acid</substituent>
      <substituent>1-naphthalenecarboxylic acid or derivatives</substituent>
      <substituent>1-nitronaphthalene</substituent>
      <substituent>2-nitronaphthalene</substituent>
      <substituent>Acetal</substituent>
      <substituent>Alkyl aryl ether</substituent>
      <substituent>Allyl-type 1,3-dipolar organic compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Anisole</substituent>
      <substituent>Aristolochic acid or derivatives</substituent>
      <substituent>Aromatic heteropolycyclic compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Benzodioxole</substituent>
      <substituent>C-nitro compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Carboxylic acid</substituent>
      <substituent>Carboxylic acid derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Ether</substituent>
      <substituent>Hydrocarbon derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Monocarboxylic acid or derivatives</substituent>
      <substituent>Naphthalene</substituent>
      <substituent>Nitroaromatic compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic 1,3-dipolar compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic nitro compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic nitrogen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxide</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxoazanium</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organoheterocyclic compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organonitrogen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organooxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organopnictogen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Oxacycle</substituent>
      <substituent>Propargyl-type 1,3-dipolar organic compound</substituent>
    </substituents>
    <external_descriptors>
      <external_descriptor>C-nitro compound</external_descriptor>
      <external_descriptor>Isoquinoline alkaloids</external_descriptor>
      <external_descriptor>cyclic acetal</external_descriptor>
      <external_descriptor>monocarboxylic acid</external_descriptor>
      <external_descriptor>phenanthrenes</external_descriptor>
    </external_descriptors>
  </taxonomy>
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      <value>2.69</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
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      <value>-4.13</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
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      <kind>solubility</kind>
      <value>2.54e-02 g/l</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
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    <value>3.02</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <value>3.32</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <value>6-methoxy-9-nitro-14,16-dioxatetracyclo[8.7.0.0²,⁷.0¹³,¹⁷]heptadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13(17)-heptaene-11-carboxylic acid</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <value>341.2717</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>smiles</kind>
    <value>COC1=CC=CC2=C3C4=C(OCO4)C=C(C(O)=O)C3=C(C=C12)N(=O)=O</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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  <property>
    <kind>formula</kind>
    <value>C17H11NO7</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <value>InChI=1S/C17H11NO7/c1-23-12-4-2-3-8-9(12)5-11(18(21)22)14-10(17(19)20)6-13-16(15(8)14)25-7-24-13/h2-6H,7H2,1H3,(H,19,20)</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <value>110.81</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <value>85.77</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>polarizability</kind>
    <value>32.27</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>rotatable_bond_count</kind>
    <value>3</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>acceptor_count</kind>
    <value>7</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>donor_count</kind>
    <value>1</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>physiological_charge</kind>
    <value>-1</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>formal_charge</kind>
    <value>0</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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