CHEBI:17915 - hexano-6-lactone

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ChEBI Name hexano-6-lactone
ChEBI ID CHEBI:17915
Definition A ε-lactone that is oxepane substituted by an oxo group at position 2.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:20720, CHEBI:2186, CHEBI:12214
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Formula C6H10O2
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 114.14240
Monoisotopic Mass 114.06808
InChI InChI=1S/C6H10O2/c7-6-4-2-1-3-5-8-6/h1-5H2
InChIKey PAPBSGBWRJIAAV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES O=C1CCCCCO1
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing hexano-6-lactone (CHEBI:17915) is a ε-lactone (CHEBI:50239)
Incoming 2-methylhexano-6-lactone (CHEBI:663) has functional parent hexano-6-lactone (CHEBI:17915)
IUPAC Name
oxepan-2-one
Synonyms Sources
1,6-hexanolide ChemIDplus
1-Oxa-2-oxocycloheptane KEGG COMPOUND
2-oxacycloheptanone NIST Chemistry WebBook
2-Oxepanone KEGG COMPOUND
2-oxohexamethylene oxide ChemIDplus
6-hexanolactone NIST Chemistry WebBook
6-Hexanolide KEGG COMPOUND
6-Hexanolide KEGG COMPOUND
6-hydroxyhexanoic acid lactone ChemIDplus
6-hydroxyhexanoic acid, ε-lactone NIST Chemistry WebBook
caprolactone ChemIDplus
epsilon-Caprolactone KEGG COMPOUND
ε-caprolactone monomer NIST Chemistry WebBook
hexan-6-olide ChemIDplus
hexano-6-lactone KEGG COMPOUND
hexano-6-lactone IUBMB
hexano-6-lactone UniProt
hexanoic acid, ε-lactone NIST Chemistry WebBook
Manual Xrefs Databases
c0059 UM-BBD
C01880 KEGG COMPOUND
Caprolactone Wikipedia
CPD-101 MetaCyc
HMDB0060476 HMDB
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
106919 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
502-44-3 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
502-44-3 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
502-44-3 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
675457 Gmelin Registry Number Gmelin
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16 July 2015