CHEBI:78842 - (5R)-5-hydroxyhexanoic acid

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ChEBI Name (5R)-5-hydroxyhexanoic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:78842
ChEBI ASCII Name (5R)-5-hydroxyhexanoic acid
Definition An (ω−1)-hydroxy fatty acid that is caproic acid in which the 5-pro-R hydrogen is replaced by a hydroxy group.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
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Formula C6H12O3
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 132.15770
Monoisotopic Mass 132.07864
InChI InChI=1S/C6H12O3/c1-5(7)3-2-4-6(8)9/h5,7H,2-4H2,1H3,(H,8,9)/t5-/m1/s1
InChIKey YDCRNMJQROAWFT-RXMQYKEDSA-N
SMILES C[C@@H](O)CCCC(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 (5R)-5-hydroxyhexanoic acid (CHEBI:78842) has functional parent hexanoic acid (CHEBI:30776)
(5R)-5-hydroxyhexanoic acid (CHEBI:78842) is a (ω−1)-hydroxy fatty acid (CHEBI:78954)
(5R)-5-hydroxyhexanoic acid (CHEBI:78842) is a medium-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:59554)
Incoming ascr#12 (CHEBI:78841) has functional parent (5R)-5-hydroxyhexanoic acid (CHEBI:78842)
icas#12 (CHEBI:79060) has functional parent (5R)-5-hydroxyhexanoic acid (CHEBI:78842)
Synonyms Sources
(−)-5-hydroxycaproic acid ChEBI
(−)-5-hydroxyhexanoic acid ChEBI
(5R)-5-hydroxycaproic acid ChEBI
(R)-(−)-5-hydroxyhexanoic acid ChEBI
Registry Number Type Source
6130741 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
Last Modified
23 October 2015