CHEBI:171966 - 2-hexylfuran

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ChEBI Name 2-hexylfuran
ChEBI ID CHEBI:171966
Definition A member of the class of furans that is furan in which the hydrogen at position 2 is replaced by a hexyl group.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Submitter MetaboLights
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Formula C10H16O
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 152.237
Monoisotopic Mass 152.12012
InChI InChI=1S/C10H16O/c1-2-3-4-5-7-10-8-6-9-11-10/h6,8-9H,2-5,7H2,1H3
InChIKey XBLCAKKYMZVLPU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES CCCCCCC1=CC=CO1
Metabolite of Species Details
Amomum subulatum (NCBI:txid1008370) See: PubMed
Hibiscus sabdariffa (NCBI:txid183260) Found in seed (BTO:0001226). See: PubMed
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) Found in blood plasma (BTO:0000131). See: MetaboLights Study
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) Found in Pooled sample (NCIT:C45910). See: MetaboLights Study
Spondias tuberosa (NCBI:txid991123) Found in fruit (BTO:0000486). Found in fruit pulp. See: DOI
Bos taurus (NCBI:txid9913) See: PubMed
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): flavouring agent
A food additive that is used to added improve the taste or odour of a food.
mammalian metabolite
Any animal metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in mammals.
human metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
volatile oil component
Any plant metabolite that is found naturally as a component of a volatile oil.
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 2-hexylfuran (CHEBI:171966) has role flavouring agent (CHEBI:35617)
2-hexylfuran (CHEBI:171966) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
2-hexylfuran (CHEBI:171966) has role mammalian metabolite (CHEBI:75768)
2-hexylfuran (CHEBI:171966) has role volatile oil component (CHEBI:27311)
2-hexylfuran (CHEBI:171966) is a furans (CHEBI:24129)
IUPAC Name
2-hexylfuran
Synonyms Sources
2-hexyl furan ChEBI
2-hexyl-furan HMDB
2-n-hexylfuran NIST Chemistry WebBook
Manual Xrefs Databases
69820 ChemSpider
FDB019467 FooDB
HMDB0039816 HMDB
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
3777-70-6 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
3777-70-6 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
Citations Waiting for Citations Types Sources
21928831 PubMed citation Europe PMC
IND44612730 Agricola citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
18 June 2021