CHEBI:131434 - 5-hydroxyhexanoic acid

ChEBI IDCHEBI:131434
ChEBI Name5-hydroxyhexanoic acid
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DefinitionA medium-chain fatty acid that is hexanoic acid substituted at position 5 by a hydroxy group.
Last Modified14 November 2016
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FormulaC6H12O3
Net Charge0
Average Mass132.159
Monoisotopic Mass132.07864
SMILESCC(O)CCCC(=O)O
InChIInChI=1S/C6H12O3/c1-5(7)3-2-4-6(8)9/h5,7H,2-4H2,1H3,(H,8,9)
InChIKeyYDCRNMJQROAWFT-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Homo sapiens (ncbitaxon:9606)
- PubMed (6897376)
- MetaboLights (MTBLS298)
- PubMed (26839171)
Roles Classification
Chemical Role:
Bronsted acid  A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Brønsted base).
Biological Role:
human urinary metabolite  Any metabolite (endogenous or exogenous) found in human urine samples.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
5-hydroxyhexanoic acid (CHEBI:131434) has functional parent hexanoic acid (CHEBI:30776)
5-hydroxyhexanoic acid (CHEBI:131434) has role human urinary metabolite (CHEBI:84087)
5-hydroxyhexanoic acid (CHEBI:131434) is a (ω−1)-hydroxy fatty acid (CHEBI:78954)
5-hydroxyhexanoic acid (CHEBI:131434) is a medium-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:59554)
5-hydroxyhexanoic acid (CHEBI:131434) is conjugate acid of 5-hydroxyhexanoate (CHEBI:132985)
Incoming Relation(s)
5-hydroxyhexanoate (CHEBI:132985) is conjugate base of 5-hydroxyhexanoic acid (CHEBI:131434)
IUPAC Name 
5-hydroxyhexanoic acid
Synonyms  Source
5-hydroxycaproic acidChEBI
5-OH-caproic acidHMDB
5-hydroxy caproic acidLIPID MAPS
5-hydroxy-hexanoic acidLIPID MAPS
Manual XrefsDatabases
149280ChemSpider
HMDB0000525HMDB
LMFA01050014LIPID MAPS
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:1749065Reaxys
CAS:44843-89-2ChemIDplus
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