CHEBI:16842 - formaldehyde

ChEBI IDCHEBI:16842
ChEBI Nameformaldehyde
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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
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Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Escherichia coli (ncbitaxon:562) - PubMed (21988831)
Homo sapiens (ncbitaxon:9606) - DOI (10.1038/nbt.2488)
Mus musculus (ncbitaxon:10090) - PubMed (19425150) Source: BioModels - MODEL1507180067
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (ncbitaxon:4932) - PubMed (24678285) Source: yeast.sf.net
Roles Classification
Chemical Role:
environmental contaminant  Any minor or unwanted substance introduced into the environment that can have undesired effects.
Biological Roles:
disinfectant  An antimicrobial agent that is applied to non-living objects to destroy harmful microorganisms or to inhibit their activity.
Escherichia coli metabolite  Any bacterial metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Escherichia coli.
EC 3.5.1.4 (amidase) inhibitor  An EC 3.5.1.* (non-peptide linear amide C-N hydrolase) inhibitor that interferes with the action of amidase (EC 3.5.1.4).
Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite  Any fungal metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae ).
mouse metabolite  Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in a mouse (Mus musculus).
allergen  A chemical compound, or part thereof, which causes the onset of an allergic reaction by interacting with any of the molecular pathways involved in an allergy.
carcinogenic agent  A role played by a chemical compound which is known to induce a process of carcinogenesis by corrupting normal cellular pathways, leading to the acquistion of tumoral capabilities.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) has role Escherichia coli metabolite (CHEBI:76971)
formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) has role Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite (CHEBI:75772)
formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) has role allergen (CHEBI:50904)
formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) has role carcinogenic agent (CHEBI:50903)
formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) has role disinfectant (CHEBI:48219)
formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) has role EC 3.5.1.4 (amidase) inhibitor (CHEBI:77941)
formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) has role environmental contaminant (CHEBI:78298)
formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) has role mouse metabolite (CHEBI:75771)
formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) is a aldehyde (CHEBI:17478)
formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) is a one-carbon compound (CHEBI:64708)
Incoming Relation(s)
compound 48/80 (CHEBI:75295) has functional parent formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842)
methanimine (CHEBI:38220) has functional parent formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842)
oxomethyl (CHEBI:29327) has functional parent formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842)
phosgene (CHEBI:29365) has functional parent formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842)
carbonylidene group (CHEBI:30152) is substituent group from formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842)
IUPAC Name 
formaldehyde
Synonyms  Source
FormaldehydNIST Chemistry WebBook
FormaldehydeKEGG COMPOUND
FORMALDEHYDEPDBeChem
FormalinKEGG COMPOUND
FORMALINChEMBL
MethanalKEGG COMPOUND
UniProt Name  Source
formaldehydeUniProt
Manual XrefsDatabases
3244DrugCentral
359PPDB
C00067KEGG COMPOUND
c0122UM-BBD
D00017KEGG DRUG
DB03843DrugBank
FORPDBeChem
FormaldehydeWikipedia
FORMALDEHYDEMetaCyc
HMDB0001426HMDB
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:1209228Reaxys
Gmelin:445Gmelin
CAS:50-00-0KEGG COMPOUND
CAS:50-00-0NIST Chemistry WebBook
CAS:50-00-0ChemIDplus
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