octanoic acid

Term ID

CHEBI:28837

Synonyms

• 1-heptanecarboxylic acid
• 8:0
• Acide octanoique
• Acido octanoico
• Acidum octanocium
• acidum octanoicum
• C8:0
• Caprylic acid
• CH3-[CH2]6-COOH
• Kaprylsaeure
• n-caprylic acid
• n-octanoic acid
• n-octoic acid
• n-octylic acid
• Octanoic acid
• OCTANOIC ACID (CAPRYLIC ACID)
• Octansaeure
• octoic acid
• Octylic acid

Definition

A straight-chain saturated fatty acid that is heptane in which one of the hydrogens of a terminal methyl group has been replaced by a carboxy group. Octanoic acid is also known as caprylic acid.

References

• cas:124-07-2
• drugbank:DB04519
• drugcentral:3998
• gmelin:142966
• hmdb:HMDB0000482
• kegg.compound:C06423
• kegg.drug:D05220
• knapsack:C00001231
• lipidmaps:LMFA01010008
• metacyc.compound:CPD-195
• pdb-ccd:OCA
• pubmed:16162522
• pubmed:16872526
• pubmed:19096058
• reaxys:1747180
• wikipedia.en:Caprylic_acid

Ontology

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Resources

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