FB2025_01 , released February 20, 2025
Chemical: sulcatone
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General Information
Name
sulcatone
FlyBase ID
FBch0000087
ChEBI Name
sulcatone
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:16310
PubChem Name
6-Methyl-5-hepten-2-one
PubChem ID
CID:9862
Chemical Structure
Chemical structure of sulcatone
sulcatone
InChIKey

UHEPJGULSIKKTP-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Definition (ChEBI)

ChEBI: Sulcatone is a heptenone that is hept-5-en-2-one substituted by a methyl group at position 6. It is a volatile oil component of citronella oil, lemon-grass oil and palmarosa oil. It has a role as an alarm pheromone, a volatile oil component and a plant metabolite. It is a methyl ketone and a heptenone.

Roles Classification (ChEBI)
Comment
Synonyms and Secondary IDs (22)
Synonyms
110-93-0
(PubChem, 2019-)
2-Methyl-2-hepten-6-one
(PubChem, 2019-)
2-Methyl-6-oxo-2-heptene
(PubChem, 2019-)
2-methyl-2-hepten-6-one
(PubChem, 2019-)
2-methyl-6-oxo-2-heptene
(PubChem, 2019-)
5-HEPTEN-2-ONE, 6-METHYL-
(PubChem, 2019-)
5-hepten-2-one, 6-methyl-
(PubChem, 2019-)
6-METHYL-5-HEPTEN-2-ONE
(PubChem, 2019-)
6-Methyl-5-hepten-2-one
(Brown et al., 2020, ChEBI, 2019-)
6-Methyl-5-heptene-2-one
(PubChem, 2019-)
6-Methylhept-5-en-2-one
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-, MacWilliam et al., 2018)
6-methyl-5-heptene-2-one
(PubChem, 2019-)
6-methylhept-5-en-2-one
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
Heptenone, methyl-
(PubChem, 2019-)
Methylheptenone
(PubChem, 2019-)
PubChem:9862
(PubChem, 2019-)
Sulcatone
(PubChem, 2019-)
heptenone, methyl-
(PubChem, 2019-)
methylheptenone
(PubChem, 2019-)
pubchem:9862
(PubChem, 2019-)
sulcatone
(Venkateswaran et al., 2023, Chahda et al., 2019, ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
Secondary FlyBase IDs
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