Chavibetol
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Chavibetol is an allylbenzene that occurs naturally in the essential oil from the leaves of the betel plant (Piper betel). It also occurs in human urine and rat urine as a very minor metabolite of safrole ingested orally.[1]

Synonyms: m-Eugenol; 5-Allyl-2-methoxyphenol; 1-methoxy-2-hydroxy-4-allylbenzene
ChemSpider ID: 518422
PubChem Compound ID: 596375
Molecular Weight: 164.20108 [g/mol]
Molecular Formula: C10H12O2
XLogP3: 2
H-Bond Donor: 1
H-Bond Acceptor: 2
IUPAC Name: 2-methoxy-5-prop-2-enylphenol
InChI: InChI=1S/C10H12O2/c1-3-4-8-5-6-10(12-2)9(11)7-8/h3,5-7,11H,1,4H2,2H3
InChIKey: NPBVQXIMTZKSBA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Canonical SMILES: COC1=C(C=C(C=C1)CC=C)O

Bibliography
1. Toxicology. 1977 Feb;7(1):69-83.
Absorption, metabolism and excretion of safrole in the rat and man. Benedetti MS, Malnoƫ A, Broillet AL; PubMed PMID: 14422
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