CHEBI:28028 - 6-hydroxy-2-oxohexanoic acid

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ChEBI Name 6-hydroxy-2-oxohexanoic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:28028
Definition A hexanoic acid compound having an oxo substituent at the 2-position and a hydroxy substituent at the 6-position.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:20721, CHEBI:2187
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Formula C6H10O4
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 146.14120
Monoisotopic Mass 146.05791
InChI InChI=1S/C6H10O4/c7-4-2-1-3-5(8)6(9)10/h7H,1-4H2,(H,9,10)
InChIKey KIKUKXLMZJYPTL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES OCCCCC(=O)C(O)=O
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base).
(via oxoacid )
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Outgoing 6-hydroxy-2-oxohexanoic acid (CHEBI:28028) has functional parent hexanoic acid (CHEBI:30776)
6-hydroxy-2-oxohexanoic acid (CHEBI:28028) is a 2-oxo monocarboxylic acid (CHEBI:35910)
6-hydroxy-2-oxohexanoic acid (CHEBI:28028) is a 6-hydroxy monocarboxylic acid (CHEBI:35971)
Manual Xref Database
C05242 KEGG COMPOUND
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Registry Number Type Source
1756645 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
Last Modified
05 October 2009