CHEBI:16558 - triacetic acid

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ChEBI Name triacetic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:16558
Definition A dioxo monocarboxylic acid comprising hexanoic acid with the two oxo groups placed at the 3- and 5-positions.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:15253, CHEBI:9659
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Formula C6H8O4
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 144.12532
Monoisotopic Mass 144.04226
InChI InChI=1S/C6H8O4/c1-4(7)2-5(8)3-6(9)10/h2-3H2,1H3,(H,9,10)
InChIKey ILJSQTXMGCGYMG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES CC(=O)CC(=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 )
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Outgoing triacetic acid (CHEBI:16558) is a β-diketone (CHEBI:67265)
triacetic acid (CHEBI:16558) is a dioxo monocarboxylic acid (CHEBI:35951)
triacetic acid (CHEBI:16558) is conjugate acid of triacetate(1−) (CHEBI:57814)
Incoming triacetate(1−) (CHEBI:57814) is conjugate base of triacetic acid (CHEBI:16558)
IUPAC Name
3,5-dioxohexanoic acid
Synonyms Sources
Triacetate KEGG COMPOUND
triacetic acid UniProt
Manual Xref Database
C01757 KEGG COMPOUND
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
1761209 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
2140-49-0 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
2140-49-0 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
Last Modified
04 August 2014