FComEx: coumarin (PC000756)

Record Information

Version

1.0

Creation date

2015-10-09 22:32:32 UTC

Update date

2017-01-19 02:36:35 UTC

FoodComEx ID

PC000756

FoodDB Record

FDB030742

Chemical Information

Name

coumarin

Description

Coumarin, also known as 1,2-benzopyrone or benzo-alpha-pyrone, belongs to coumarins and derivatives class of compounds. Those are polycyclic aromatic compounds containing a 1-benzopyran moiety with a ketone group at the C2 carbon atom (1-benzopyran-2-one). Coumarin is slightly soluble (in water) and an extremely weak basic (essentially neutral) compound (based on its pKa). Coumarin is a sweet, green, and new mown hay tasting compound and can be found in a number of food items such as malus (crab apple), sunburst squash (pattypan squash), european cranberry, and star anise, which makes coumarin a potential biomarker for the consumption of these food products. Coumarin can be found primarily in saliva. Coumarin is formally rated as an unfounded non-carcinogenic (IARC 3) potentially toxic compound. Coumarin was first synthesized in 1868. It is used in the pharmaceutical industry as a precursor reagent in the synthesis of a number of synthetic anticoagulant pharmaceuticals similar to dicoumarol, the notable ones being warfarin (brand name Coumadin) and some even more potent rodenticides that work by the same anticoagulant mechanism. 4-hydroxycoumarins are a type of vitamin K antagonist. Pharmaceutical (modified) coumarins were all developed from the study of sweet clover disease; see warfarin for this history. However, unmodified coumarin itself, as it occurs in plants, has no effect on the vitamin K coagulation system, or on the action of warfarin-type drugs .

CAS Number

91-64-5

Structure

MOL SDF 3D-SDF PDB SMILES InChI View 3D Structure

Synonyms

Synonym	Source

Chemical Formula

C9H6O2

IUPAC name

2H-chromen-2-one

InChI Identifier

InChI=1S/C9H6O2/c10-9-6-5-7-3-1-2-4-8(7)11-9/h1-6H

InChI Key

ZYGHJZDHTFUPRJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Isomeric SMILES

O=C1OC2=CC=CC=C2C=C1

Average Molecular Weight

146.145

Monoisotopic Molecular Weight

146.036779433

Chemical Taxonomy

Description

Belongs to the class of organic compounds known as coumarins and derivatives. These are polycyclic aromatic compounds containing a 1-benzopyran moiety with a ketone group at the C2 carbon atom (1-benzopyran-2-one).

Kingdom

Organic compounds

Super Class

Phenylpropanoids and polyketides

Class

Coumarins and derivatives

Sub Class

Not Available

Direct Parent

Coumarins and derivatives

Alternative Parents