6-hydroxyhexanoic acid (CHEBI:17869)

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ChEBI Name	6-hydroxyhexanoic acid

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:17869

Definition	An ω-hydroxy fatty acid comprising hexanoic acid having a hydroxy group at the 6-position.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

Secondary ChEBI IDs	CHEBI:2191

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Formula

C6H12O3

Net Charge

Average Mass

132.15768

Monoisotopic Mass

132.07864

InChI

InChI=1S/C6H12O3/c7-5-3-1-2-4-6(8)9/h7H,1-5H2,(H,8,9)

InChIKey

IWHLYPDWHHPVAA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

OCCCCCC(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.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	6-hydroxyhexanoic acid (CHEBI:17869) has functional parent hexanoic acid (CHEBI:30776) 6-hydroxyhexanoic acid (CHEBI:17869) has role bacterial xenobiotic metabolite (CHEBI:76976) 6-hydroxyhexanoic acid (CHEBI:17869) is a ω-hydroxy-medium-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:194303) 6-hydroxyhexanoic acid (CHEBI:17869) is a 6-hydroxy monocarboxylic acid (CHEBI:35971) 6-hydroxyhexanoic acid (CHEBI:17869) is a straight-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:59202) 6-hydroxyhexanoic acid (CHEBI:17869) is conjugate acid of 6-hydroxyhexanoate (CHEBI:32383)

Incoming	oscr#12 (CHEBI:79135) has functional parent 6-hydroxyhexanoic acid (CHEBI:17869) 6-hydroxyhexanoate (CHEBI:32383) is conjugate base of 6-hydroxyhexanoic acid (CHEBI:17869)

IUPAC Name

6-hydroxyhexanoic acid

Synonyms	Sources
5-carboxypentanol	ChEBI
5-hydroxypentanecarboxylic acid	ChEBI
6-hydroxy caproic acid	LIPID MAPS
6-hydroxycaproic acid	NIST Chemistry WebBook
6-Hydroxyhexanoate	KEGG COMPOUND
6-Hydroxyhexanoic acid	KEGG COMPOUND
ε-hydroxycaproic acid	ChemIDplus
ε-hydroxyhexanoic acid	ChEBI

Last Modified

24 January 2023