FB2026_01 , released March 12, 2026
FB2026_01 , released March 12, 2026
Chemical: ethyl hexanoate
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General Information
Name
ethyl hexanoate
FlyBase ID
FBch0000088
ChEBI Name
ethyl hexanoate
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:86055
PubChem Name
Ethyl hexanoate
PubChem ID
CID:31265
Chemical Structure
Chemical structure of ethyl hexanoate
ethyl hexanoate
InChIKey

SHZIWNPUGXLXDT-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Definition (ChEBI)

ChEBI: Ethyl hexanoate is a fatty acid ethyl ester obtained by the formal condensation of hexanoic acid with ethanol. It has a role as a metabolite. It is a fatty acid ethyl ester and a hexanoate ester.

Roles Classification (ChEBI)
Comment
Synonyms and Secondary IDs (28)
Synonyms
123-66-0
(PubChem, 2019-)
Caproic acid ethyl ester
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
Capronic ether absolute
(PubChem, 2019-)
ETHYL HEXANOATE
(PubChem, 2019-)
Ethyl Hexanoate
(Brown et al., 2020)
Ethyl butyl acetate
(PubChem, 2019-)
Ethyl caproate
(PubChem, 2019-)
Ethyl ester of hexanoic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Ethyl hexanoate
(Xue et al., 2025, Pettersson and Cattaneo, 2023)
Ethyl hexoate
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
Ethyl n-hexanoat
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Ethyl n-hexanoate
(PubChem, 2019-)
Hexanoic Acid Ethyl Ester
(PubChem, 2019-)
Hexanoic acid, ethyl ester
(PubChem, 2019-)
PubChem:31265
(PubChem, 2019-)
caproic acid ethyl ester
(PubChem, 2019-)
capronic ether absolute
(PubChem, 2019-)
ethyl butyl acetate
(PubChem, 2019-)
ethyl caproate
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
ethyl hexanoate
(Halty-deLeon et al., 2024, Kleinheinz et al., 2023, Chahda et al., 2019, ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-, Dolan et al., 2018, Jeanne et al., 2018, Getahun et al., 2016, Mansourian and Stensmyr, 2015)
ethyl hexoate
(PubChem, 2019-)
ethyl n-hexanoate
(PubChem, 2019-)
ethyl-hexanoate
(Tolassy et al., 2023)
ethylhexanoate
(MacWilliam et al., 2018)
hexanoic acid ethyl ester
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
hexanoic acid, ethyl ester
(PubChem, 2019-)
n-Caproic acid ethyl ester
(ChEBI, 2019-)
pubchem:31265
(PubChem, 2019-)
Secondary FlyBase IDs
    References (14)