CHEBI:156144 - 3-mercaptopentanol

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ChEBI Name 3-mercaptopentanol
ChEBI ID CHEBI:156144
Definition An alkanethiol that is pentane substituted at positions 1 and 3 by hydroxy and sulfanyl groups respectively.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Submitter Anne Morgat
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Formula C5H12OS
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 120.210
Monoisotopic Mass 120.06089
InChI InChI=1S/C5H12OS/c1-2-5(7)3-4-6/h5-7H,2-4H2,1H3
InChIKey PRJACVDGNSZBLE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES C(C(S)CCO)C
Metabolite of Species Details
Vitis vinifera (NCBI:txid29760) See: PubMed
Humulus lupulus (NCBI:txid3486) See: PubMed
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) Found in human axilla secretions. See: PubMed
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): plant metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.
flavouring agent
A food additive that is used to added improve the taste or odour of a food.
human metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
Application(s): flavouring agent
A food additive that is used to added improve the taste or odour of a food.
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing 3-mercaptopentanol (CHEBI:156144) has parent hydride pentane (CHEBI:37830)
3-mercaptopentanol (CHEBI:156144) has role flavouring agent (CHEBI:35617)
3-mercaptopentanol (CHEBI:156144) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
3-mercaptopentanol (CHEBI:156144) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924)
3-mercaptopentanol (CHEBI:156144) is a alkanethiol (CHEBI:47908)
3-mercaptopentanol (CHEBI:156144) is a primary alcohol (CHEBI:15734)
IUPAC Name
3-sulfanylpentan-1-ol
Synonyms Sources
3-mercapto-1-pentanol ChemIDplus
3-mercaptopentan-1-ol ChemIDplus
3-mercaptopentanol ChEBI
3-sulfanyl-1-pentanol ChEBI
3-sulfanyl-1-pentanol UniProt
Manual Xref Database
CPD-21111 MetaCyc
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Registry Number Type Source
548740-99-4 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
Citations Waiting for Citations Types Sources
17191898 PubMed citation SUBMITTER
17249683 PubMed citation Europe PMC
18515361 PubMed citation SUBMITTER
20103162 PubMed citation Europe PMC
30874436 PubMed citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
17 July 2020