CHEBI:61302 - cerebronic acid

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ChEBI Name cerebronic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:61302
Definition A very long-chain hydroxy fatty acid composed of lignoceric acid having a 2-hydroxy substituent.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
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Formula C24H48O3
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 384.63610
Monoisotopic Mass 384.36035
InChI InChI=1S/C24H48O3/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23(25)24(26)27/h23,25H,2-22H2,1H3,(H,26,27)
InChIKey MSUOLNSQHLHDAS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(O)C(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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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing cerebronic acid (CHEBI:61302) has functional parent tetracosanoic acid (CHEBI:28866)
cerebronic acid (CHEBI:61302) is a 2-hydroxy fatty acid (CHEBI:10283)
cerebronic acid (CHEBI:61302) is a straight-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:59202)
cerebronic acid (CHEBI:61302) is a very long-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:27283)
cerebronic acid (CHEBI:61302) is conjugate acid of 2-hydroxytetracosanoate (CHEBI:76723)
Incoming 2-hydroxytetracosanoyl-CoA (CHEBI:74140) has functional parent cerebronic acid (CHEBI:61302)
N-(2-hydroxylignoceroyl)-D-galactosylsphingosine (CHEBI:83873) has functional parent cerebronic acid (CHEBI:61302)
N-2-hydroxylignoceroylsphingosine (CHEBI:76756) has functional parent cerebronic acid (CHEBI:61302)
2-hydroxytetracosanoate (CHEBI:76723) is conjugate base of cerebronic acid (CHEBI:61302)
IUPAC Name
2-hydroxytetracosanoic acid
Synonyms Sources
2-Hydroxy-tetracosansäure ChEBI
2-hydroxylignoceric acid ChEBI
2-hydroxytetraeicosanoic acid ChEBI
2-hydroxytetraicosanoic acid ChEBI
acide cerebronique ChEBI
Cerebronsäure ChEBI
Registry Numbers Types Sources
1728966 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
544-57-0 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
Citations Waiting for Citations Types Sources
11104019 PubMed citation Europe PMC
1150661 PubMed citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
13 February 2015
General Comment
2011-02-14 A component of cerebrosides and sulfatides, it is unique to nervous tissue.