The molecule is an alpha,beta-unsaturated monocarboxylic acid that is acrylic acid in which one of the olefinic hydrogens at position 3 has been replaced by a 4,6-dihydroxy-3-oxocyclohexa-1,4-dien-1-yl group. It has a role as a plant metabolite. It is an enone, an enol, a secondary alcohol, an alpha,beta-unsaturated monocarboxylic acid and a member of cyclohexenones. It derives from an acrylic acid.
3-(4,6-dihydroxy-3-oxocyclohexa-1,4-dien-1-yl)prop-2-enoic acid