3-hydroxyoctanoic acid (CHEBI:37098)

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ChEBI Name	3-hydroxyoctanoic acid

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:37098

Definition	An 8-carbon, β-hydroxy fatty acid which may be a marker for primary defects of β-hydroxy fatty acid metabolism. Repeating unit of poly(3-hydroxyoctanoic acid), a biopolymer used by numerous bacterial species as carbon and energy reserves.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

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Formula

C8H16O3

Net Charge

Average Mass

160.21080

Monoisotopic Mass

160.10994

InChI

InChI=1S/C8H16O3/c1-2-3-4-5-7(9)6-8(10)11/h7,9H,2-6H2,1H3,(H,10,11)

InChIKey

NDPLAKGOSZHTPH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

CCCCCC(O)CC(O)=O

Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s):	Bronsted acid A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base). (via oxoacid )

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	3-hydroxyoctanoic acid (CHEBI:37098) has functional parent octanoic acid (CHEBI:28837) 3-hydroxyoctanoic acid (CHEBI:37098) is a 3-hydroxy fatty acid (CHEBI:59845) 3-hydroxyoctanoic acid (CHEBI:37098) is a 3-hydroxy monocarboxylic acid (CHEBI:35969) 3-hydroxyoctanoic acid (CHEBI:37098) is a medium-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:59554) 3-hydroxyoctanoic acid (CHEBI:37098) is conjugate acid of 3-hydroxyoctanoate (CHEBI:133511)

Incoming	3-hydroxyoctanoyl-CoA (CHEBI:86321) has functional parent 3-hydroxyoctanoic acid (CHEBI:37098) (R)-3-hydroxyoctanoic acid (CHEBI:37099) is a 3-hydroxyoctanoic acid (CHEBI:37098) (S)-3-hydroxyoctanoic acid (CHEBI:37100) is a 3-hydroxyoctanoic acid (CHEBI:37098) 3-hydroxyoctanoate (CHEBI:133511) is conjugate base of 3-hydroxyoctanoic acid (CHEBI:37098)

IUPAC Name

3-hydroxyoctanoic acid

Last Modified

29 September 2016