CHEBI:28817 - dodecane

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ChEBI Name dodecane
ChEBI ID CHEBI:28817
Definition A straight-chain alkane with 12 carbon atoms. It has been isolated from the essential oils of various plants including Zingiber officinale (ginger).
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Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:41713, CHEBI:4675, CHEBI:25464
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Formula C12H26
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 170.33484
Monoisotopic Mass 170.20345
InChI InChI=1S/C12H26/c1-3-5-7-9-11-12-10-8-6-4-2/h3-12H2,1-2H3
InChIKey SNRUBQQJIBEYMU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES CCCCCCCCCCCC
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Biological Role(s): plant metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.
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Outgoing dodecane (CHEBI:28817) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924)
dodecane (CHEBI:28817) is a alkane (CHEBI:18310)
Incoming 2,7,10-trimethyldodecane (CHEBI:84280) has parent hydride dodecane (CHEBI:28817)
4,6-dimethyldodecane (CHEBI:84249) has parent hydride dodecane (CHEBI:28817)
dodecanal (CHEBI:27836) has parent hydride dodecane (CHEBI:28817)
dodecanedioic acid (CHEBI:4676) has parent hydride dodecane (CHEBI:28817)
dodecanediol (CHEBI:195615) has parent hydride dodecane (CHEBI:28817)
dodecanoic acid (CHEBI:30805) has parent hydride dodecane (CHEBI:28817)
dodecanol (CHEBI:23866) has parent hydride dodecane (CHEBI:28817)
dodecyldimethylamine N-oxide (CHEBI:131762) has parent hydride dodecane (CHEBI:28817)
dodecyl group (CHEBI:23870) is substituent group from dodecane (CHEBI:28817)
IUPAC Name
dodecane
Synonyms Sources
Bihexyl HMDB
CH3‒[CH2]10‒CH3 IUPAC
Dihexyl HMDB
Dodecane KEGG COMPOUND
DODECANE PDBeChem
dodecane UniProt
Dodekan ChEBI
n-Dodecane KEGG COMPOUND
Manual Xrefs Databases
C00001248 KNApSAcK
C08374 KEGG COMPOUND
CPD-9290 MetaCyc
D12 PDBeChem
DB02771 DrugBank
Dodecane Wikipedia
HMDB0031444 HMDB
LMFA11000004 LIPID MAPS
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
112-40-3 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
112-40-3 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
112-40-3 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
1697175 Beilstein Registry Number ChemIDplus
1697175 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
201408 Gmelin Registry Number Gmelin
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24493301 PubMed citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
24 August 2023
General Comment
2014-03-12 For occurrence in ginger (Zingiber officinale), see Dictionary of Natural Products (Taylor and Francis Group).