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2-ethylhexanal

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A saturated fatty aldehyde that is heptane in which one of the hydrogens at position 3 has been replaced by a formyl group.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).

Term info

Label

2-ethylhexanal

Synonyms
  • 2-ethylhexanal
database cross reference
Subsets

3_STAR

IUPAC NAME
2-ethylhexanal [ IUPAC ]

charge

0

formula

C8H16O

has obo namespace

chebi_ontology

has related synonym

butyl ethyl acetaldehyde, 2-ethylhexaldehyde, 3-formylheptane, alpha-ethylhexanal, butylethylacetaldehyde, ethylbutylacetaldehyde, beta-propyl-alpha-ethylacrolein, 2-ethylhexan-1-al, 2-ethylhexylaldehyde, 2-ethylcaproaldehyde, alpha-ethylcaproaldehyde

id

CHEBI:87809

inchi

InChI=1S/C8H16O/c1-3-5-6-8(4-2)7-9/h7-8H,3-6H2,1-2H3

inchikey

LGYNIFWIKSEESD-UHFFFAOYSA-N

mass

128.212

monoisotopicmass

128.12012

smiles

O=CC(CCCC)CC