FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026
Chemical: octanoic acid
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General Information
Name
octanoic acid
FlyBase ID
FBch0001376
ChEBI Name
octanoic acid
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:28837
PubChem Name
Octanoic Acid
PubChem ID
CID:379
Chemical Structure
Chemical structure of octanoic acid
octanoic acid
InChIKey

WWZKQHOCKIZLMA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Definition (ChEBI)

A straight-chain saturated fatty acid that is heptane in which one of the hydrogens of a terminal methyl group has been replaced by a carboxy group.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

Roles Classification (ChEBI)
Comment
Synonyms and Secondary IDs (29)
Synonyms
1-heptanecarboxylic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-)
124-07-2
(PubChem, 2019-)
8:0
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Acide octanoique
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Acido octanoico
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Acidum octanocium
(ChEBI, 2019-)
C8:0
(ChEBI, 2019-)
CH3-[CH2]6-COOH
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Caprylic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Kaprylsaeure
(ChEBI, 2019-)
OCTANOIC ACID (CAPRYLIC ACID)
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Octanoic acid
(Xue et al., 2025, Dey et al., 2023, Pettersson and Cattaneo, 2023, Hsu et al., 2021, ChEBI, 2019-)
Octansaeure
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Octylic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
PubChem:379
(PubChem, 2019-)
acide octanoique
(ChEBI, 2019-)
acido octanoico
(ChEBI, 2019-)
acidum octanoicum
(ChEBI, 2019-)
caprylic acid
(PubChem, 2019-)
n-Octoic acid
(PubChem, 2019-)
n-caprylic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
n-octanoic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
n-octoic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
n-octylic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
neo-fat 8
(PubChem, 2019-)
octanoic acid
(Brown et al., 2024, Pamboro et al., 2020, ChEBI, 2019-, Lanno et al., 2019, PubChem, 2019-, MacWilliam et al., 2018, Ahn et al., 2017)
octoic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
octylic acid
(PubChem, 2019-)
pubchem:379
(PubChem, 2019-)
Secondary FlyBase IDs
    References (12)