CHEBI:17308 - 2-oxohexanoic acid

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ChEBI Name 2-oxohexanoic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:17308
Definition A straight-chain fatty acid consisting of hexanoic acid having an oxo group at position 2.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:1256
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Formula C6H10O3
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 130.14180
Monoisotopic Mass 130.06299
InChI InChI=1S/C6H10O3/c1-2-3-4-5(7)6(8)9/h2-4H2,1H3,(H,8,9)
InChIKey XNIHZNNZJHYHLC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES CCCCC(=O)C(O)=O
Metabolite of Species Details
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) Found in blood serum (BTO:0000133). See: MetaboLights Study
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base).
(via oxoacid )
Biological Role(s): human blood serum metabolite
Any metabolite (endogenous or exogenous) found in human blood serum samples.
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing 2-oxohexanoic acid (CHEBI:17308) has functional parent hexanoic acid (CHEBI:30776)
2-oxohexanoic acid (CHEBI:17308) has role human blood serum metabolite (CHEBI:85234)
2-oxohexanoic acid (CHEBI:17308) is a 2-oxo monocarboxylic acid (CHEBI:35910)
2-oxohexanoic acid (CHEBI:17308) is a medium-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:59554)
2-oxohexanoic acid (CHEBI:17308) is a oxo fatty acid (CHEBI:59644)
2-oxohexanoic acid (CHEBI:17308) is a straight-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:59202)
2-oxohexanoic acid (CHEBI:17308) is conjugate acid of 2-oxohexanoate (CHEBI:35177)
Incoming 2-oxohexanoate (CHEBI:35177) is conjugate base of 2-oxohexanoic acid (CHEBI:17308)
IUPAC Name
2-oxohexanoic acid
Synonyms Sources
2-keto-n-caproic acid LIPID MAPS
2-ketohexanoic acid ChEBI
2-oxo 6:0 ChEBI
2-oxo C6:0 ChEBI
2-Oxohexanoate KEGG COMPOUND
2-Oxohexanoic acid KEGG COMPOUND
α-ketocaproic acid ChemIDplus
alpha-Ketocaproic acid KEGG COMPOUND
α-ketohexanoic acid ChEBI
Manual Xrefs Databases
C00902 KEGG COMPOUND
LMFA01060007 LIPID MAPS
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
1749831 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
2492-75-3 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
2492-75-3 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
Citations Waiting for Citations Types Sources
16014804 PubMed citation Europe PMC
7045091 PubMed citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
23 October 2015