FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
Chemical: acetoin
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General Information
Name
acetoin
FlyBase ID
FBch0001743
ChEBI Name
acetoin
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:15688
PubChem Name
Acetoin
PubChem ID
CID:179
Chemical Structure
Chemical structure of acetoin
acetoin
InChIKey

ROWKJAVDOGWPAT-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Definition (ChEBI)

A methyl ketone that is butan-2-one substituted by a hydroxy group at position 3.

Roles Classification (ChEBI)
Comment
Synonyms and Secondary IDs (24)
Synonyms
(S)-2-Acetoin
(ChEBI, 2019-)
1-Hydroxyethyl methyl ketone
(ChEBI, 2019-)
2,3-Butanolone
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
2,3-butanolone
(PubChem, 2019-)
2-Acetoin
(ChEBI, 2019-)
2-Butanone, 3-hydroxy-
(PubChem, 2019-)
2-Hydroxy-3-butanone
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
2-butanone, 3-hydroxy-
(PubChem, 2019-)
2-hydroxy-3-butanone
(PubChem, 2019-)
3-Hydroxy-2-butanone
(ChEBI, 2019-)
3-Hydroxybutan-2-one
(ChEBI, 2019-)
3-hydroxy-2-butanone
(PubChem, 2019-)
3-hydroxybutan-2-one
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
513-86-0
(PubChem, 2019-)
Acetoin
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Acetyl methyl carbinol
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
Dimethylketol
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
PubChem:179
(PubChem, 2019-)
acetoin
(Tolassy et al., 2023, ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-, Dolan et al., 2018, Houot et al., 2017, Badel et al., 2016, Mansourian and Stensmyr, 2015)
acetyl methyl carbinol
(PubChem, 2019-)
acetylmethylcarbinol
(PubChem, 2019-)
dimethylketol
(PubChem, 2019-)
gamma-Hydroxy-beta-oxobutane
(ChEBI, 2019-)
pubchem:179
(PubChem, 2019-)
Secondary FlyBase IDs
    References (7)