FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026
Chemical: hexanoic acid
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General Information
Name
hexanoic acid
FlyBase ID
FBch0001552
ChEBI Name
hexanoic acid
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:30776
PubChem Name
Hexanoic Acid
PubChem ID
CID:8892
Chemical Structure
Chemical structure of hexanoic acid
hexanoic acid
InChIKey

FUZZWVXGSFPDMH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Definition (ChEBI)

A C6, straight-chain saturated fatty acid.

Roles Classification (ChEBI)
Comment
Synonyms and Secondary IDs (32)
Synonyms
1-hexanoic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-)
1-pentanecarboxylic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-)
142-62-1
(PubChem, 2019-)
6:0
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Butylacetic acid
(PubChem, 2019-)
C6:0
(ChEBI, 2019-)
CH3-[CH2]4-COOH
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Caproic acid
(PubChem, 2019-)
Capronic acid
(PubChem, 2019-)
HEXANOIC ACID
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
Hexanoate
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Hexanoic acid
(Xue et al., 2025, Dey et al., 2023, Pettersson and Cattaneo, 2023, ChEBI, 2019-)
Hexoic acid
(PubChem, 2019-)
Hexylic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Pentanecarboxylic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Pentylformic acid
(PubChem, 2019-)
PubChem:8892
(PubChem, 2019-)
butylacetic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
caproic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
capronic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
hexanoic acid
(Lebreton et al., 2025, Nath et al., 2025, Brown et al., 2024, Ellis et al., 2024, Pradhan et al., 2023, Tolassy et al., 2023, Pamboro et al., 2020, ChEBI, 2019-, Lanno and Coolon, 2019, PubChem, 2019-, Jeanne et al., 2018, MacWilliam et al., 2018, Ahn et al., 2017, Seki et al., 2017, Badel et al., 2016)
hexoic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
n-Caproic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
n-Hexanoic acid
(PubChem, 2019-)
n-Hexylic acid
(PubChem, 2019-)
n-caproic acid
(PubChem, 2019-)
n-hexanoic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
n-hexoic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-)
n-hexylic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
pentiformic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-)
pentylformic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
pubchem:8892
(PubChem, 2019-)
Secondary FlyBase IDs
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