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2-hydroxyhexanoic acid

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A hydroxy fatty acid that is caproic (hexanoic) acid substituted by a hydroxy group at position 2.

Term info

Label

2-hydroxyhexanoic acid

Synonyms
  • 2-hydroxyhexanoic acid
database cross reference
Subsets

3_STAR

IUPAC NAME
2-hydroxyhexanoic acid [ IUPAC ]

charge

0

formula

C6H12O3

has obo namespace

chebi_ontology

has related synonym

2-hydroxycaproic acid

id

CHEBI:86542

inchi

InChI=1S/C6H12O3/c1-2-3-4-5(7)6(8)9/h5,7H,2-4H2,1H3,(H,8,9)

inchikey

NYHNVHGFPZAZGA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

mass

132.15770

monoisotopicmass

132.07864

smiles

CCCCC(O)C(O)=O