CHEBI:26666 - short-chain fatty acid

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ChEBI Name short-chain fatty acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:26666
Definition An aliphatic monocarboxylic acid with a chain length of less than C6. If any non-hydrocarbon substituent is present, the compound is not normally regarded as a short-chain fatty acid.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
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Formula CH2OR
Net Charge 0
Average Mass (excl. R groups) 45.017
Monoisotopic Mass (excl. R groups) 44.99765
SMILES OC([*])=O
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base).
(via oxoacid )
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666) is a fatty acid (CHEBI:35366)
short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666) is conjugate acid of short-chain fatty acid anion (CHEBI:58951)
Incoming ω-hydroxy-short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:194306) is a short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666)
(2E)-3-methylhex-2-enoic acid (CHEBI:144845) is a short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666)
(4R)-4-hydroxypentanoic acid (CHEBI:79019) is a short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666)
2-ethylhydracrylic acid (CHEBI:82956) is a short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666)
2-hexenoic acid (CHEBI:61206) is a short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666)
2-hydroxy-3-methylpentanoic acid (CHEBI:133083) is a short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666)
2-methylbut-2-enoic acid (CHEBI:36432) is a short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666)
2-methylvaleric acid (CHEBI:167644) is a short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666)
2-oxobutanoic acid (CHEBI:30831) is a short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666)
3-hydroxypentanoic acid (CHEBI:139272) is a short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666)
3-methylbut-2-enoic acid (CHEBI:37127) is a short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666)
3-methylvaleric acid (CHEBI:166883) is a short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666)
4-methylpent-3-enoic acid (CHEBI:143856) is a short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666)
butenoic acid (CHEBI:22959) is a short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666)
dimethylbutyric acid (CHEBI:38648) is a short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666)
fatty acid 4:0 (CHEBI:140601) is a short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666)
isovaleric acid (CHEBI:28484) is a short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666)
methylbutyric acid (CHEBI:38653) is a short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666)
pentadienoic acid (CHEBI:25876) is a short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666)
pentenoic acid (CHEBI:25897) is a short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666)
pivalic acid (CHEBI:45133) is a short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666)
propionic acid (CHEBI:30768) is a short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666)
propynoic acid (CHEBI:33199) is a short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666)
valeric acid (CHEBI:17418) is a short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666)
short-chain fatty acid anion (CHEBI:58951) is conjugate base of short-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:26666)
Synonyms Sources
SCFA ChEBI
SCFAs ChEBI
short-chain fatty acids ChEBI
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Last Modified
24 January 2023