The molecule is a cytidine 5'-phosphate obtained by formal condensation of the phosphate group of CMP with the phosphono group of phosphonoformic acid. It has a role as a bacterial metabolite. It is a cytidine 5'-phosphate and a monocarboxylic acid. It derives from a phosphonoformic acid and a cytidine 5'-monophosphate. It is a conjugate acid of a CMP-5'-phosphonoformate(3-).
[[[(2R,3S,4R,5R)-5-(4-amino-2-oxopyrimidin-1-yl)-3,4-dihydroxyoxolan-2-yl]methoxy-hydroxyphosphoryl]oxy-hydroxyphosphoryl]formic acid