CHEBI:32926 - octadecane

ChEBI IDCHEBI:32926
ChEBI Nameoctadecane
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DefinitionA straight-chain alkane carrying 18 carbon atoms.
Last Modified19 October 2023
SubmitterKirill Degtyarenko
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FormulaC18H38
Net Charge0
Average Mass254.502
Monoisotopic Mass254.29735
SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
InChIInChI=1S/C18H38/c1-3-5-7-9-11-13-15-17-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2/h3-18H2,1-2H3
InChIKeyRZJRJXONCZWCBN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Microcystis aeruginosa (ncbitaxon:1126) - PubMed (9842728)
Artemisia annua (ncbitaxon:35608)
flower (BTO:0000469) DOI (10.1007/s11418-006-0112-9)
leaf (BTO:0000713) DOI (10.1007/s11418-006-0112-9)
stem (BTO:0001300) DOI (10.1007/s11418-006-0112-9)
Roles Classification
Biological Roles:
bacterial metabolite  Any prokaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in bacteria.
plant metabolite  Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
octadecane (CHEBI:32926) has role bacterial metabolite (CHEBI:76969)
octadecane (CHEBI:32926) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924)
octadecane (CHEBI:32926) is a long-chain alkane (CHEBI:83563)
Incoming Relation(s)
1,2-octadecanediol (CHEBI:84956) has functional parent octadecane (CHEBI:32926)
octadecanedioic acid (CHEBI:133086) has parent hydride octadecane (CHEBI:32926)
octadecanoic acid (CHEBI:28842) has parent hydride octadecane (CHEBI:32926)
octadecanol (CHEBI:197457) has parent hydride octadecane (CHEBI:32926)
stearyl group (CHEBI:26755) is substituent group from octadecane (CHEBI:32926)
IUPAC Name 
octadecane
Synonyms  Source
n-octadecaneNIST Chemistry WebBook
OktadekanChEBI
CH3‒[CH2]16‒CH3IUPAC
Manual XrefsDatabases
C00030879KNApSAcK
Registry NumbersSources
Gmelin:263389Gmelin
Reaxys:1740138Reaxys
CAS:593-45-3ChemIDplus
CAS:593-45-3NIST Chemistry WebBook
Citations