CHEBI:16842 - formaldehyde

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ChEBI Name formaldehyde
ChEBI ID CHEBI:16842
Definition An aldehyde resulting from the formal oxidation of methanol.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:5142, CHEBI:14274, CHEBI:24077, CHEBI:337763
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Formula CH2O
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 30.02598
Monoisotopic Mass 30.01056
InChI InChI=1S/CH2O/c1-2/h1H2
InChIKey WSFSSNUMVMOOMR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES [H]C([H])=O
Metabolite of Species Details
Mus musculus (NCBI:txid10090) Source: BioModels - MODEL1507180067 See: PubMed
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (NCBI:txid4932) Source: yeast.sf.net See: PubMed
Escherichia coli (NCBI:txid562) See: PubMed
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) See: DOI
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): environmental contaminant
Any minor or unwanted substance introduced into the environment that can have undesired effects.
Biological Role(s): EC 3.5.1.4 (amidase) inhibitor
An EC 3.5.1.* (non-peptide linear amide C-N hydrolase) inhibitor that interferes with the action of amidase (EC 3.5.1.4).
Escherichia coli metabolite
Any bacterial metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Escherichia coli.
carcinogenic agent
A role played by a chemical compound which is known to induce a process of carcinogenesis by corrupting normal cellular pathways, leading to the acquistion of tumoral capabilities.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite
Any fungal metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae ).
allergen
A chemical compound, or part thereof, which causes the onset of an allergic reaction by interacting with any of the molecular pathways involved in an allergy.
mouse metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in a mouse (Mus musculus).
disinfectant
An antimicrobial agent that is applied to non-living objects to destroy harmful microorganisms or to inhibit their activity.
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Outgoing formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) has role Escherichia coli metabolite (CHEBI:76971)
formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) has role Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite (CHEBI:75772)
formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) has role allergen (CHEBI:50904)
formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) has role carcinogenic agent (CHEBI:50903)
formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) has role disinfectant (CHEBI:48219)
formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) has role EC 3.5.1.4 (amidase) inhibitor (CHEBI:77941)
formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) has role environmental contaminant (CHEBI:78298)
formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) has role mouse metabolite (CHEBI:75771)
formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) is a aldehyde (CHEBI:17478)
formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842) is a one-carbon compound (CHEBI:64708)
Incoming compound 48/80 (CHEBI:75295) has functional parent formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842)
methanimine (CHEBI:38220) has functional parent formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842)
oxomethyl (CHEBI:29327) has functional parent formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842)
phosgene (CHEBI:29365) has functional parent formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842)
carbonylidene group (CHEBI:30152) is substituent group from formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842)
IUPAC Name
formaldehyde
Synonyms Sources
Formaldehyd NIST Chemistry WebBook
Formaldehyde KEGG COMPOUND
formaldehyde UniProt
FORMALDEHYDE PDBeChem
FORMALIN ChEMBL
Formalin KEGG COMPOUND
Methanal KEGG COMPOUND
Methylene oxide KEGG COMPOUND
Oxomethane KEGG COMPOUND
Oxomethylene KEGG COMPOUND
Manual Xrefs Databases
3244 DrugCentral
359 PPDB
C00067 KEGG COMPOUND
c0122 UM-BBD
D00017 KEGG DRUG
DB03843 DrugBank
FOR PDBeChem
Formaldehyde Wikipedia
FORMALDEHYDE MetaCyc
HMDB0001426 HMDB
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
1209228 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
445 Gmelin Registry Number Gmelin
50-00-0 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
50-00-0 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
50-00-0 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
Citations Waiting for Citations Types Sources
110589 PubMed citation Europe PMC
12686735 PubMed citation Europe PMC
15091529 PubMed citation Europe PMC
16423181 PubMed citation Europe PMC
17618393 PubMed citation Europe PMC
18837732 PubMed citation Europe PMC
25042713 PubMed citation Europe PMC
7381846 PubMed citation ChEMBL
7548723 PubMed citation Europe PMC
7689168 PubMed citation Europe PMC
7896413 PubMed citation Europe PMC
9686972 PubMed citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
20 November 2019