2-ethylhexanal
A saturated fatty aldehyde that is heptane in which one of the hydrogens at position 3 has been replaced by a formyl group. It is a metabolite of the plasticisers di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) and di-2-ethylhexyl adipate (DEHA).
Exact Synonyms
2-ethylhexanal
Related Synonyms
2-ethylcaproaldehyde
2-ethylhexaldehyde
2-ethylhexan-1-al
2-ethylhexylaldehyde
3-formylheptane
alpha-ethylcaproaldehyde
alpha-ethylhexanal
beta-propyl-alpha-ethylacrolein
butyl ethyl acetaldehyde
butylethylacetaldehyde
ethylbutylacetaldehyde
class Information
charge
0
formula
C8H16O
has_dbxref
has_obo_namespace
chebi_ontology
inchikey
LGYNIFWIKSEESD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
inchi
InChI=1S/C8H16O/c1-3-5-6-8(4-2)7-9/h7-8H,3-6H2,1-2H3
in_subset
mass
128.212
monoisotopicmass
128.12012
smiles
O=CC(CCCC)CC