CHEBI:15888 - 5-oxohexanoic acid

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ChEBI Name 5-oxohexanoic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:15888
Definition A medium-chain fatty acid comprising hexanoic acid carrying a 5-oxo group.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:2114, CHEBI:20621
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Formula C6H10O3
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 130.14180
Monoisotopic Mass 130.06299
InChI InChI=1S/C6H10O3/c1-5(7)3-2-4-6(8)9/h2-4H2,1H3,(H,8,9)
InChIKey MGTZCLMLSSAXLD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES CC(=O)CCCC(O)=O
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base).
(via oxoacid )
Biological Role(s): bacterial xenobiotic metabolite
Any bacterial metabolite produced by metabolism of a xenobiotic compound in bacteria.
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Outgoing 5-oxohexanoic acid (CHEBI:15888) has functional parent hexanoic acid (CHEBI:30776)
5-oxohexanoic acid (CHEBI:15888) has role bacterial xenobiotic metabolite (CHEBI:76976)
5-oxohexanoic acid (CHEBI:15888) is a 5-oxo monocarboxylic acid (CHEBI:35952)
5-oxohexanoic acid (CHEBI:15888) is a medium-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:59554)
5-oxohexanoic acid (CHEBI:15888) is a oxo fatty acid (CHEBI:59644)
5-oxohexanoic acid (CHEBI:15888) is a straight-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:59202)
5-oxohexanoic acid (CHEBI:15888) is conjugate acid of 5-oxohexanoate (CHEBI:12154)
Incoming 5-oxohexanoate (CHEBI:12154) is conjugate base of 5-oxohexanoic acid (CHEBI:15888)
IUPAC Name
5-oxohexanoic acid
Synonyms Sources
4-acetyl-butanoic acid ChEBI
4-acetyl-butyric acid ChEBI
4-Acetylbutyric acid KEGG COMPOUND
5-keto-n-caproic acid LIPID MAPS
5-Ketocaproic acid ChemIDplus
5-Ketohexanoic acid ChemIDplus
5-oxocaproic acid ChEBI
5-Oxohexanoate KEGG COMPOUND
5-Oxohexanoic acid KEGG COMPOUND
delta-Ketocaproic acid ChemIDplus
delta-Oxocaproic acid ChemIDplus
gamma-Acetylbutyric acid ChemIDplus
Manual Xrefs Databases
4AT PDBeChem
C02129 KEGG COMPOUND
EP0062305 Patent
LMFA01060010 LIPID MAPS
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
3128-06-1 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
3128-06-1 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
3128-06-1 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
385840 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
385840 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
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Last Modified
23 October 2015