FB2026_01 , released March 12, 2026
FB2026_01 , released March 12, 2026
Chemical: butyric acid
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General Information
Name
butyric acid
FlyBase ID
FBch0001732
ChEBI Name
butyric acid
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:30772
PubChem Name
Butyric Acid
PubChem ID
CID:264
Chemical Structure
Chemical structure of butyric acid
butyric acid
InChIKey

FERIUCNNQQJTOY-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Definition (ChEBI)

A straight-chain saturated fatty acid that is butane in which one of the terminal methyl groups has been oxidised to a carboxy group.

Roles Classification (ChEBI)
Comment
Synonyms and Secondary IDs (29)
Synonyms
1-butanoic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-)
1-butyric acid
(ChEBI, 2019-)
1-propanecarboxylic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
107-92-6
(PubChem, 2019-)
4:0
(ChEBI, 2019-)
BUTANOIC ACID
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Butanic acid
(PubChem, 2019-)
Butanoate
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Butanoic acid
(Pettersson and Cattaneo, 2023, ChEBI, 2019-)
Buttersaeure
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Butyric acid
(Xue et al., 2025, ChEBI, 2019-)
C4:0
(ChEBI, 2019-)
CH3-[CH2]2-COOH
(ChEBI, 2019-)
PubChem:264
(PubChem, 2019-)
acide butanoique
(ChEBI, 2019-)
acide butyrique
(ChEBI, 2019-)
butanic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
butanoic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
butoic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-)
butyrate
(PubChem, 2019-)
butyric acid
(Pamboro et al., 2020, ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-, Dolan et al., 2018, MacWilliam et al., 2018, Getahun et al., 2016, Larter et al., 2016, Getahun et al., 2013, Ruiz-Sanchez and O'Donnell, 2006)
ethylacetic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
n-Butanoic acid
(PubChem, 2019-)
n-Butyric acid
(PubChem, 2019-)
n-butanoic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
n-butyric acid
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
propanecarboxylic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-)
propylformic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
pubchem:264
(PubChem, 2019-)
Secondary FlyBase IDs
    References (11)