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CHEBI:16842 - formaldehyde

ChEBI IDCHEBI:16842
ChEBI Nameformaldehyde
Stars
DefinitionAn aldehyde resulting from the formal oxidation of methanol.
Secondary ChEBI IDsCHEBI:5142, CHEBI:14274, CHEBI:24077, CHEBI:337763
Last Modified20 November 2019
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FormulaCH2O
Net Charge0
Average Mass30.026
Monoisotopic Mass30.01056
SMILES[H]C([H])=O
InChIInChI=1S/CH2O/c1-2/h1H2
InChIKeyWSFSSNUMVMOOMR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Wikipedia
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Homo sapiens (ncbitaxon:9606) - DOI (10.1038/nbt.2488)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (ncbitaxon:4932) - PubMed (24678285) Source: yeast.sf.net
Escherichia coli (ncbitaxon:562) - PubMed (21988831)
Mus musculus (ncbitaxon:10090) - PubMed (19425150) Source: BioModels - MODEL1507180067
Roles Classification

ChEBI Ontology
IUPAC Name 
formaldehyde
Synonyms  Source
FormaldehydeKEGG COMPOUND
MethanalKEGG COMPOUND
OxomethaneKEGG COMPOUND
OxomethyleneKEGG COMPOUND
Methylene oxideKEGG COMPOUND
FormalinKEGG COMPOUND
UniProt Name  Source
formaldehydeUniProt
Manual XrefsDatabases
C00067KEGG COMPOUND
c0122UM-BBD
FormaldehydeWikipedia
DB03843DrugBank
HMDB0001426HMDB
D00017KEGG DRUG
FORPDBeChem
FORMALDEHYDEMetaCyc
3244DrugCentral
359PPDB
Registry NumbersSources
Gmelin:445Gmelin
Reaxys:1209228Reaxys
CAS:50-00-0KEGG COMPOUND
CAS:50-00-0ChemIDplus
CAS:50-00-0NIST Chemistry WebBook
Citations