AFCDB: Hexanoic acid (FDB013897)

Record Information

Version

1.0

Creation date

2010-04-08 22:10:58 UTC

Update date

2019-11-26 03:09:15 UTC

Primary ID

FDB013897

Secondary Accession Numbers

Not Available

Chemical Information

FooDB Name

Hexanoic acid

Description

Present in apple, wine grapes, butter, licorice and cheeses, e.g. blue cheeses, Cheddar cheese, Swiss cheese, feta cheese, gruyere de comte cheese, etcand is) also present in a few essential oils and fruital aromas. Secondary product of butyric acid fermentation. Flavouring ingredient Hexanoic acid (common name caproic acid), is the carboxylic acid derived from hexane with the general formula C5H11COOH. It is a colorless oily liquid with an odor reminiscent of goats or other barnyard animals. It is a fatty acid found naturally in various animal fats and oils, and is one of the chemicals that gives the decomposing fleshy seed coat of the ginkgo its characteristic unpleasant odor. Hexanoic acid is found in many foods, some of which are tapioca pearl, meat bouillon, pecan nut, and oval-leaf huckleberry.

CAS Number

142-62-1

Structure

MOL SDF PDB SMILES InChI

Synonyms

Synonym	Source
Not Available	Not Available

Predicted Properties

Property	Value	Source
Water Solubility	9.72 g/L	ALOGPS
logP	1.88	ALOGPS
logP	1.81	ChemAxon
logS	-1.1	ALOGPS
pKa (Strongest Acidic)	5.09	ChemAxon
Physiological Charge	-1	ChemAxon
Hydrogen Acceptor Count	2	ChemAxon
Hydrogen Donor Count	1	ChemAxon
Polar Surface Area	37.3 Å²	ChemAxon
Rotatable Bond Count	4	ChemAxon
Refractivity	31.07 m³·mol⁻¹	ChemAxon
Polarizability	13.27 Å³	ChemAxon
Number of Rings	0	ChemAxon
Bioavailability	Yes	ChemAxon
Rule of Five	Yes	ChemAxon
Ghose Filter	No	ChemAxon
Veber's Rule	Yes	ChemAxon
MDDR-like Rule	No	ChemAxon

Chemical Formula

C6H12O2

IUPAC name

hexanoic acid

InChI Identifier

InChI=1S/C6H12O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6(7)8/h2-5H2,1H3,(H,7,8)

InChI Key

FUZZWVXGSFPDMH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Isomeric SMILES

CCCCCC(O)=O

Average Molecular Weight

116.1583

Monoisotopic Molecular Weight

116.083729628

Classification

Description

Belongs to the class of organic compounds known as medium-chain fatty acids. These are fatty acids with an aliphatic tail that contains between 4 and 12 carbon atoms.

Kingdom

Organic compounds

Super Class

Lipids and lipid-like molecules

Class

Fatty Acyls

Sub Class

Fatty acids and conjugates

Direct Parent

Medium-chain fatty acids

Alternative Parents

Substituents

Medium-chain fatty acid
Straight chain fatty acid
Monocarboxylic acid or derivatives
Carboxylic acid
Carboxylic acid derivative
Organic oxygen compound
Organic oxide
Hydrocarbon derivative
Organooxygen compound
Carbonyl group
Aliphatic acyclic compound

Molecular Framework

Aliphatic acyclic compounds

External Descriptors

medium-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:30776 )
straight-chain saturated fatty acid (CHEBI:30776 )
Straight chain fatty acids (C01585 )
Saturated fatty acids (C01585 )
Straight chain fatty acids (LMFA01010006 )

Ontology

No ontology term

Physico-Chemical Properties

Physico-Chemical Properties - Experimental

Property	Value	Reference
Physical state	Solid
Physical Description	Not Available
Mass Composition	C 62.04%; H 10.41%; O 27.55%	DFC
Melting Point	Fp -1.5°	DFC
Boiling Point	Bp 205°	DFC
Experimental Water Solubility	10.3 mg/mL at 25 oC	YALKOWSKY,SH & HE,Y (2003)
Experimental logP	1.92	HANSCH,C ET AL. (1995)
Experimental pKa	pKa1 4.8 (25°)	DFC
Isoelectric point	Not Available
Charge	Not Available
Optical Rotation	Not Available
Spectroscopic UV Data	Not Available
Density	d154 0.93	DFC
Refractive Index	n20D 1.4164	DFC

Spectra

EI-MS/GC-MS

Type	Description	Splash Key	View
EI-MS	Mass Spectrum (Electron Ionization)	splash10-03di-9000000000-fe3fab44832ddab1082e	2014-09-20	View Spectrum
GC-MS	Sedanoic acid, 1 TMS, GC-MS Spectrum	splash10-00yi-3900000000-8d7942410dfae70c7c9d	Spectrum
GC-MS	Sedanoic acid, non-derivatized, GC-MS Spectrum	splash10-03di-9000000000-f4bf00b677d90d54ba69	Spectrum
GC-MS	Sedanoic acid, non-derivatized, GC-MS Spectrum	splash10-00yi-3900000000-8d7942410dfae70c7c9d	Spectrum
Predicted GC-MS	Sedanoic acid, non-derivatized, Predicted GC-MS Spectrum - 70eV, Positive	splash10-0006-9000000000-9ee618fa3c0bd9d56748	Spectrum
Predicted GC-MS	Sedanoic acid, 1 TMS, Predicted GC-MS Spectrum - 70eV, Positive	splash10-00fr-9200000000-be939d8c0455d1af93a6	Spectrum
Predicted GC-MS	Sedanoic acid, non-derivatized, Predicted GC-MS Spectrum - 70eV, Positive	Not Available	Spectrum
Predicted GC-MS	Sedanoic acid, non-derivatized, Predicted GC-MS Spectrum - 70eV, Positive	Not Available	Spectrum
Predicted GC-MS	Sedanoic acid, TBDMS_1_1, Predicted GC-MS Spectrum - 70eV, Positive	Not Available	Spectrum

MS/MS

Type	Description	Splash Key	View
MS/MS	LC-MS/MS Spectrum - Quattro_QQQ 10V, Negative (Annotated)	splash10-014i-0900000000-ba8c7078846c268d61a6	2012-07-24	View Spectrum
MS/MS	LC-MS/MS Spectrum - Quattro_QQQ 25V, Negative (Annotated)	splash10-03di-0900000000-151d5971be58b6799d2e	2012-07-24	View Spectrum
MS/MS	LC-MS/MS Spectrum - Quattro_QQQ 40V, Negative (Annotated)	splash10-02t9-1900000000-36096ef7dfebaa193910	2012-07-24	View Spectrum
MS/MS	LC-MS/MS Spectrum - EI-B (HITACHI M-80B) , Positive	splash10-03di-9000000000-f4bf00b677d90d54ba69	2012-08-31	View Spectrum
MS/MS	LC-MS/MS Spectrum - LC-ESI-QQ (API3000, Applied Biosystems) 10V, Negative	splash10-014i-0900000000-f5b00c5e9d90d801ab16	2012-08-31	View Spectrum
MS/MS	LC-MS/MS Spectrum - LC-ESI-QQ (API3000, Applied Biosystems) 20V, Negative	splash10-014i-0900000000-5013166dd3b692762812	2012-08-31	View Spectrum
MS/MS	LC-MS/MS Spectrum - LC-ESI-QQ (API3000, Applied Biosystems) 30V, Negative	splash10-014i-5900000000-52b3e7f8b01498621772	2012-08-31	View Spectrum
MS/MS	LC-MS/MS Spectrum - LC-ESI-QQ (API3000, Applied Biosystems) 40V, Negative	splash10-0006-9000000000-e3af905666760ff49069	2012-08-31	View Spectrum
MS/MS	LC-MS/MS Spectrum - LC-ESI-QQ , negative	splash10-014i-0900000000-f5b00c5e9d90d801ab16	2017-09-14	View Spectrum
MS/MS	LC-MS/MS Spectrum - LC-ESI-QQ , negative	splash10-014i-0900000000-5013166dd3b692762812	2017-09-14	View Spectrum
MS/MS	LC-MS/MS Spectrum - LC-ESI-QQ , negative	splash10-014i-5900000000-52b3e7f8b01498621772	2017-09-14	View Spectrum
MS/MS	LC-MS/MS Spectrum - LC-ESI-QQ , negative	splash10-0006-9000000000-e3af905666760ff49069	2017-09-14	View Spectrum
MS/MS	LC-MS/MS Spectrum - LC-ESI-IT , negative	splash10-01b9-6900000000-763e9a8e0f15e13fae3c	2017-09-14	View Spectrum
MS/MS	LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 35V, Positive	splash10-0002-9000000000-df670aaa002d77689cc7	2021-09-20	View Spectrum
Predicted MS/MS	Predicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, Positive	splash10-014j-9700000000-5489131065e0934751a7	2016-09-12	View Spectrum
Predicted MS/MS	Predicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, Positive	splash10-05fs-9100000000-68f7c2883fb339578ace	2016-09-12	View Spectrum
Predicted MS/MS	Predicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 40V, Positive	splash10-0a4l-9000000000-8e5e925d60baa2f176c2	2016-09-12	View Spectrum
Predicted MS/MS	Predicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, Negative	splash10-014i-2900000000-e877f22e42e8323f59e3	2016-09-12	View Spectrum
Predicted MS/MS	Predicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, Negative	splash10-01b9-9800000000-b5d583466919719819a1	2016-09-12	View Spectrum
Predicted MS/MS	Predicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 40V, Negative	splash10-0a4l-9000000000-791ecce51d7cdde8f0f5	2016-09-12	View Spectrum
Predicted MS/MS	Predicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, Positive	splash10-05tg-9000000000-b176d73a7b4fabde1ad4	2021-09-22	View Spectrum
Predicted MS/MS	Predicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, Positive	splash10-006x-9000000000-08e066ae069da04a8689	2021-09-22	View Spectrum
Predicted MS/MS	Predicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 40V, Positive	splash10-052f-9000000000-808b7302aa744c7a1c20	2021-09-22	View Spectrum
Predicted MS/MS	Predicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, Negative	splash10-0002-9000000000-21c5ae8d52f2e0f4cd33	2021-09-23	View Spectrum
Predicted MS/MS	Predicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, Negative	splash10-004j-9000000000-3e67c250e6a67f63a0dd	2021-09-23	View Spectrum

NMR

Type	Description	View
1D NMR	¹H NMR Spectrum (1D, 500 MHz, H₂O, experimental)	Spectrum
1D NMR	¹H NMR Spectrum (1D, 400 MHz, CDCl₃, experimental)	Spectrum
1D NMR	¹³C NMR Spectrum (1D, 25.16 MHz, CDCl₃, experimental)	Spectrum
1D NMR	¹H NMR Spectrum (1D, D₂O, experimental)	Spectrum
1D NMR	¹³C NMR Spectrum (1D, D₂O, experimental)	Spectrum
1D NMR	¹³C NMR Spectrum (1D, 100 MHz, D₂O, predicted)	Spectrum
1D NMR	¹H NMR Spectrum (1D, 100 MHz, D₂O, predicted)	Spectrum
1D NMR	¹³C NMR Spectrum (1D, 200 MHz, D₂O, predicted)	Spectrum
1D NMR	¹H NMR Spectrum (1D, 200 MHz, D₂O, predicted)	Spectrum
1D NMR	¹³C NMR Spectrum (1D, 300 MHz, D₂O, predicted)	Spectrum
1D NMR	¹H NMR Spectrum (1D, 300 MHz, D₂O, predicted)	Spectrum
1D NMR	¹³C NMR Spectrum (1D, 400 MHz, D₂O, predicted)	Spectrum
1D NMR	¹H NMR Spectrum (1D, 400 MHz, D₂O, predicted)	Spectrum
1D NMR	¹³C NMR Spectrum (1D, 500 MHz, D₂O, predicted)	Spectrum
1D NMR	¹H NMR Spectrum (1D, 500 MHz, D₂O, predicted)	Spectrum
1D NMR	¹³C NMR Spectrum (1D, 600 MHz, D₂O, predicted)	Spectrum
1D NMR	¹H NMR Spectrum (1D, 600 MHz, D₂O, predicted)	Spectrum
1D NMR	¹³C NMR Spectrum (1D, 700 MHz, D₂O, predicted)	Spectrum
1D NMR	¹H NMR Spectrum (1D, 700 MHz, D₂O, predicted)	Spectrum
1D NMR	¹³C NMR Spectrum (1D, 800 MHz, D₂O, predicted)	Spectrum
1D NMR	¹H NMR Spectrum (1D, 800 MHz, D₂O, predicted)	Spectrum
1D NMR	¹³C NMR Spectrum (1D, 900 MHz, D₂O, predicted)	Spectrum
1D NMR	¹H NMR Spectrum (1D, 900 MHz, D₂O, predicted)	Spectrum
1D NMR	¹³C NMR Spectrum (1D, 1000 MHz, D₂O, predicted)	Spectrum
1D NMR	¹H NMR Spectrum (1D, 1000 MHz, D₂O, predicted)	Spectrum
2D NMR	[¹H, ¹³C]-HSQC NMR Spectrum (2D, 600 MHz, H₂O, experimental)	Spectrum

External Links

ChemSpider ID

ChEMBL ID

KEGG Compound ID

Pubchem Compound ID

Pubchem Substance ID

Not Available

ChEBI ID

30776

Phenol-Explorer ID

Not Available

DrugBank ID

Not Available

HMDB ID

HMDB00535

CRC / DFC (Dictionary of Food Compounds) ID

JJQ79-J:JJQ79-J

EAFUS ID

1629

Dr. Duke ID

CAPRONIC-ACID|CAPROIC-ACID|HEXOIC-ACID|HEXANOIC-ACID

BIGG ID

Not Available

KNApSAcK ID

C00001218

HET ID

6NA

Food Biomarker Ontology

Not Available

VMH ID

Not Available

Flavornet ID

GoodScent ID

SuperScent ID

Wikipedia ID

Phenol-Explorer Metabolite ID

Not Available

Duplicate IDS

Not Available

Old DFC IDS

Not Available

Associated Foods

Food	Content Range	Average	Reference
Food			Reference

Biological Effects and Interactions

Health Effects / Bioactivities

Descriptor	ID	Definition	Reference
acidulant	64047	Any substance which is added to food to preserve or enhance its flavour and/or appearance.	DUKE
flavor	48318	A substance, extract, or preparation for diffusing or imparting an agreeable or attractive smell.	DUKE
irritant			DUKE

Enzymes

Name	Gene Name	UniProt ID
Peroxisomal carnitine O-octanoyltransferase	CROT	Q9UKG9
Carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase 2, mitochondrial	CPT2	P23786
Mitochondrial carnitine/acylcarnitine carrier protein	SLC25A20	O43772

Pathways

Name	SMPDB Link	KEGG Link
Beta Oxidation of Very Long Chain Fatty Acids	SMP00052	map01040
Fatty Acid Biosynthesis	SMP00456	Not Available
Mitochondrial Beta-Oxidation of Short Chain Saturated Fatty Acids	SMP00480	Not Available

Metabolism

Not Available

Biosynthesis

Not Available

Organoleptic Properties

Flavours

Flavor	Citations
sweat	Arn, H, Acree TE. “Flavornet: A database of aroma compounds based on odor potency in natural products”. Developments in Food Science 40 (1998): 27. doi:10.1016/S0167-4501(98)80029-0 The Good Scents Company (2009). Flavor and fragrance information catalog. <http://www.thegoodscentscompany.com/allprod.html> Accessed 15.10.23.
cheese	Dunkel, M. et al. SuperScent – a database of flavors and scents. Nucleic Acids Research 2008, doi:10.1093/nar/gkn695 The Good Scents Company (2009). Flavor and fragrance information catalog. <http://www.thegoodscentscompany.com/allprod.html> Accessed 15.10.23.
sour	Dunkel, M. et al. SuperScent – a database of flavors and scents. Nucleic Acids Research 2008, doi:10.1093/nar/gkn695 The Good Scents Company (2009). Flavor and fragrance information catalog. <http://www.thegoodscentscompany.com/allprod.html> Accessed 15.10.23.
fatty	The Good Scents Company (2009). Flavor and fragrance information catalog. <http://www.thegoodscentscompany.com/allprod.html> Accessed 15.10.23.

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References

Synthesis Reference

Not Available

General Reference

Not Available

Content Reference

— Saxholt, E., et al. 'Danish food composition databank, revision 7.' Department of Nutrition, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark (2008).
— U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page.
— Duke, James. 'Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. United States Department of Agriculture.' Agricultural Research Service, Accessed April 27 (2004).
— Shinbo, Y., et al. 'KNApSAcK: a comprehensive species-metabolite relationship database.' Plant Metabolomics. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006. 165-181.

Hexanoic acid (FDB013897)

Structure for FDB013897 (Hexanoic acid)