CHEBI:32940 - hexacosane

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ChEBI Name hexacosane
ChEBI ID CHEBI:32940
Definition A straight-chain alkane comprising of 26 carbon atoms.
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Formula C26H54
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 366.70700
Monoisotopic Mass 366.42255
InChI InChI=1S/C26H54/c1-3-5-7-9-11-13-15-17-19-21-23-25-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2/h3-26H2,1-2H3
InChIKey HMSWAIKSFDFLKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
Metabolite of Species Details
Cistus creticus (NCBI:txid191224) See: DOI
Sinapis alba (NCBI:txid3728) Found in seed (BTO:0001226). See: DOI
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): volatile oil component
Any plant metabolite that is found naturally as a component of a volatile oil.
plant metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.
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Outgoing hexacosane (CHEBI:32940) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924)
hexacosane (CHEBI:32940) has role volatile oil component (CHEBI:27311)
hexacosane (CHEBI:32940) is a long-chain alkane (CHEBI:83563)
Incoming 1,2-hexacosanediol (CHEBI:84960) has functional parent hexacosane (CHEBI:32940)
hexacosanal (CHEBI:78439) has parent hydride hexacosane (CHEBI:32940)
hexacosanedioic acid (CHEBI:76334) has parent hydride hexacosane (CHEBI:32940)
hexacosanol (CHEBI:228187) has parent hydride hexacosane (CHEBI:32940)
ceryl group (CHEBI:23081) is substituent group from hexacosane (CHEBI:32940)
IUPAC Name
hexacosane
Synonyms Sources
CH3‒[CH2]24‒CH3 IUPAC
n-hexacosane NIST Chemistry WebBook
Manual Xrefs Databases
C00030478 KNApSAcK
CPD-9763 MetaCyc
LMFA11000576 LIPID MAPS
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
1705609 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
1705609 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
630-01-3 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
630-01-3 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
Citations Waiting for Citations Types Sources
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25125193 PubMed citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
09 November 2023